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I made a 8×8 cm square coral reef sculpture. I haven't been working on any clay projects for over 3 years and now that I've entered college, I could. Working on this was so fun. I rediscovered my way of making miniatures.

This includes more than 15 organisms from over 6 Phylums. This sculpture named 'Underwater Forest' contains miniatures of a granulated sea star, a spotted reef crab, Zoanthids, a sea anemone, a sea slug, a mushroom anemone, a marine flatworm, sea sponges, tubular, table, brain, staghorn and encrusting corals.

The Amazing Underwater Forest of Lake Kaindy

What makes Lake Kaindy truly remarkable is that it contains an underwater forest. Visible on the lakes surface are the tall, dried-out tops of submerged Spruce trees that rise above the water’s surface like the masts of sunken ships. They are the only sign of the amazing frozen forest below the water’s surface.

The water is so cold (even in summer the temperature does not exceed 6 degrees) that the pine needles remain on the trees, even after a hundred years of being submerged. During the winter, the lake freezes and becomes a popular spot for ice diving.

The lake is 400 meters long and is located in Kazakhstan’s portion of the Tian Shan Mountains, about 129 km from the city of Almaty. The lake was created after an earthquake in 1911 triggered a large landslide blocking the gorge and forming a natural dam.