Kelimutu Mount

The lake Kelimutu three color

 Seven Wonders of the World Heritage
Kelimutu is a volcano located on the island of Flores, NTT, Indonesia. The mountain location was precisely in the Village Pemo, District Flores, Ende. This mountain has three crater lakes on top. The lake is known as the Lake Three Colors because it has three different colors, namely red, blue, and white. However, the colors are always changing over time. Kelimutu is a combination word of "keli" meaning mountain and the word "quality" which means to boil. According to local belief, the colors on the lake Flores has the meaning of each and have a very powerful force of nature. Kelimutu Lake or Tiwu divided into three sections corresponding to color - the color that is in the lake. Blue lake or "Nuwa Muri Koo Fai Tiwu" is a gathering place for the souls of young people who have died. The lake is red or "Tiwu Ata Polo" is a gathering place for the souls of the dead and as long as he lived always commit a crime / magick. While the lake is white or "Tiwu Mbupu Ata" is a gathering place for the souls of parents who have died. (Wikipedia)
The third area of ​​the lake is approximately 1,051,000 square meters with a volume of 1292 million cubic meters. Boundary between the lake was a narrow stone walls prone to landslides. This wall is very steep with a 70-degree angle. Lake wall height ranges from 50 to 150 meters. No less than 12 times the color change had occurred within the last 25 years.

Green lakes and brown

The unique beauty of the lake finally came to international, since foreign tourists started to come enjoy the lake known haunted local communities. Those who come not only a lover of beauty, but also researchers who want to know a very rare natural occurrence it. There are a few stories from my dad about the lake in keramatkan by residents about this, because it was with my parents house about 6 hours drive. At about the 60's there were some tourists who want to investigate and see what makes the phenomenon of this lake to be colorful. With the help of helicopter they were trying to get into the lake to see and take samples of the water and try to dive kedasaran lake, and when it is taken out of the researchers are not unconscious and was said to be insane, may believe or not what was in my parents tell them.
Flores has set a region Region National Wildlife Koservasi since February 26, 1992. And once listed as one of the seven wonders of the world comes from Indonesia. 

 Address: Village Pemo, District Flores, Ende, Flores <Nusa Tenggara Timur