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#Carablanca 💚👽 Nadour ⛺😍

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Hidden in the disappearing forests of central #Belize along the Yalbac escarpment are the little studied Cara Blanca Pools, a series of 24 clear water cenotes lined up like buttons on a shirt. I visited one of the pools in 2005 and found water so clear I could follow a school of tiny minnows from 50 feet away. Dr Lisa Lucero from the University of Illinois has been studying an ancient Maya water temple for years at the rim of another, while divers discovered fossils of giant sloths in the depths of the same pool. Last year I discovered the remains of an 1800's logging camp in a third pool along with upwelling and calcium clouds floating like a dreamscape through an underwater forest of skeleton tree trunks. This is just an example of the treasures found in 3 of the pools, the other 21 have yet to be properly explored. And yet we may never discover the value of the mysteries contained in the remaining pools, for Mennonites have cleared land to the West right up to the edge of two of the pools, fouling them to a deep chocolate brown; and Santander is clearing from the south, digging canals into the water system near the pools. Enjoy this photo today as a celebration of what we have; tomorrow I'll show what we have destroyed... #CaraBlanca #cenote #ThisIsYourBelize

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