| 11. | Lake floor food supplies are enriched by zebra mussels as they filter pollution out of the water.
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| 12. | Unpowered model aircraft are also flown from this area, and powered models are flown from the lake floor.
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| 13. | The canyon is carved into lake floor sediments laid down before Taupo's Oruanui eruption 26, 500 years ago.
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| 14. | Believed to be 25 million years old, the lake floor's sediment is 5 miles deep, recording eons of life.
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| 15. | The number of aquatic plants is relatively small, with the lake floor dominated by black alder and grey sallow.
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| 16. | They guide a giant diesel hammer as it pounds metal piping into the lake floor, puffing smoke with every stroke.
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| 17. | However, in February 2011 a team mapping the lake floor discovered what appears to be part of the Pink Terraces.
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| 18. | Radar surveys indicated that the lake floor sediments are suitable for coring, which could contain a record of ice sheet history.
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| 19. | During that period, higher lake floor areas were exposed and numerous water bodies separated from the rest of the main lake.
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| 20. | Fisherman Matt Boyd is fishing in Lake Victoria when a small earthquake hits, splitting the lake floor and causing a whirlpool.
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