About: Solar Lake

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Solar Lake (Arabic: بركة الشمس Birkat aš-Šams) is a saline desert lake located on the edge of the Red Sea, about 18 km south of Eilat in the Sinai Peninsula, Taba, Egypt, close to its borders with Israel. A small lake of high salinity, it is the site of complex biochemical phenomena, linked to cycles of evaporation and of infiltration of waters. Monohydrocalcite and other carbonates appear to be deposited in Solar Lake by the action of benthic cyanobacterial mats (stromatolite), which may be 1 m thick.

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  • Der Birkat asch-Schams (dt. Sonnensee, arabisch بركة الشمس, DMG Birkat aš-Šams), auch als Solar-Lake bekannt, ist ein Salzwassersee am Ende des Roten Meeres in Ägypten, der durch seine besondere Lage und seinen hohen Salzgehalt wie ein Solarkollektor wirkt und mit 60,5 °C die höchsten Wassertemperaturen erzeugt, die bislang auf der Erde in einem Salzsee gemessen wurden. Dieser seit etwa 4600 Jahren existierende See hat besondere hydrographische, chemische und biologische Eigenschaften, die inzwischen unter anderem mit dem Ziel erforscht werden, neue Methoden zur solaren Heißwasser- und Stromerzeugung zu entwickeln. (de)
  • Le lac Solaire (arabe : بركة الشمس Birkat asch-Schams) est un lac salé héliotherme situé à Taba en Égypte à proximité de la mer Rouge, à environ 18 km au sud d'Eilat dans la péninsule du Sinaï qui, en raison de son emplacement particulier et de sa forte teneur en sel, agit comme un capteur solaire et génère les températures de l'eau les plus élevées jamais mesurées dans un lac salé sur terre. (fr)
  • Solar Lake (Arabic: بركة الشمس Birkat aš-Šams) is a saline desert lake located on the edge of the Red Sea, about 18 km south of Eilat in the Sinai Peninsula, Taba, Egypt, close to its borders with Israel. A small lake of high salinity, it is the site of complex biochemical phenomena, linked to cycles of evaporation and of infiltration of waters. Solar Lake became isolated from the Red Sea as littoral sediments closed off an embayment between two rocky headlands. The saline waters of the Gulf of Aqaba that seep into Solar Lake are further concentrated by evaporation in the lake. It is believed that in addition to losses from evaporation, there is a crack system at the bottom of the lake. Monohydrocalcite and other carbonates appear to be deposited in Solar Lake by the action of benthic cyanobacterial mats (stromatolite), which may be 1 m thick. At night the top metre of surface water loses heat to the cold desert air but insulates the lower layer. The insulated lower layer continues to gain solar energy each day and to accumulate heavy brine from above. Solar Lake develops some of the highest temperature solar-heated waters of any lake: certain layers can reach as high as 60 °C, temperatures matched only by some geothermal lakes. Due to the strong layering during certain times, the thermal gradients can be as high as 18 °C/m. In the summer, the lake turns over and becomes well-mixed thermally and in salinity. The residence time of water in the lake is believed to be 5.5–6 months. (en)
  • Solar (em árabe: بركة الشمس Birkat aš-Šams) é um lago de água salina situado à beira do mar Vermelho, próximo da fronteira com Israel; e cerca de dezoito quilômetros ao sul de Eilat, na península de Sinai, Taba, Egito. Este pequeno lago de alta salinidade é um local de fenômenos bioquímicos complexos, ligados a ciclos de evaporação e infiltração de águas. O lago Solar ficou isolado do mar Vermelho quando os sedimentos costeiros fecharam um poço entre dois promontórios rochosos. As águas salinas do Golfo de Ácaba, que se infiltram no lago Solar, ficam ainda mais concentradas por evaporação no lago. Acredita-se que, além das perdas por evaporação, exista um sistema de trincas no fundo do lago. Os e outros carbonatos parecem ser depositados no lago pela ação de camadas cianobactérias bentônicas (estromatólito), que podem ter um metro de espessura. Às noites, na superfície, a camada superior de água perde calor para o clima frio do deserto, mas isola a camada inferior. Esta, isolada, continua a ganhar energia solar todos os dias, acumulando salmoura pesada de cima. O lago Solar desenvolve algumas das águas aquecidas por energia solar com a mais alta temperatura de qualquer lago: certas camadas podem atingir até 60 °C, temperaturas compatíveis apenas com alguns lagos geotérmicos. Devido às fortes camadas durante certos períodos, os gradientes térmicos podem chegar a 18ºCm−1. No verão, o lago se transforma e se equilibra em contextos térmicos e salinidade. Acredita-se que o tempo de permanência da água no lago seja de cinco a seis meses. O lago detém um volume de água um pouco superior a dez mil metros cúbicos. (pt)
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  • Der Birkat asch-Schams (dt. Sonnensee, arabisch بركة الشمس, DMG Birkat aš-Šams), auch als Solar-Lake bekannt, ist ein Salzwassersee am Ende des Roten Meeres in Ägypten, der durch seine besondere Lage und seinen hohen Salzgehalt wie ein Solarkollektor wirkt und mit 60,5 °C die höchsten Wassertemperaturen erzeugt, die bislang auf der Erde in einem Salzsee gemessen wurden. Dieser seit etwa 4600 Jahren existierende See hat besondere hydrographische, chemische und biologische Eigenschaften, die inzwischen unter anderem mit dem Ziel erforscht werden, neue Methoden zur solaren Heißwasser- und Stromerzeugung zu entwickeln. (de)
  • Le lac Solaire (arabe : بركة الشمس Birkat asch-Schams) est un lac salé héliotherme situé à Taba en Égypte à proximité de la mer Rouge, à environ 18 km au sud d'Eilat dans la péninsule du Sinaï qui, en raison de son emplacement particulier et de sa forte teneur en sel, agit comme un capteur solaire et génère les températures de l'eau les plus élevées jamais mesurées dans un lac salé sur terre. (fr)
  • Solar Lake (Arabic: بركة الشمس Birkat aš-Šams) is a saline desert lake located on the edge of the Red Sea, about 18 km south of Eilat in the Sinai Peninsula, Taba, Egypt, close to its borders with Israel. A small lake of high salinity, it is the site of complex biochemical phenomena, linked to cycles of evaporation and of infiltration of waters. Monohydrocalcite and other carbonates appear to be deposited in Solar Lake by the action of benthic cyanobacterial mats (stromatolite), which may be 1 m thick. (en)
  • Solar (em árabe: بركة الشمس Birkat aš-Šams) é um lago de água salina situado à beira do mar Vermelho, próximo da fronteira com Israel; e cerca de dezoito quilômetros ao sul de Eilat, na península de Sinai, Taba, Egito. Este pequeno lago de alta salinidade é um local de fenômenos bioquímicos complexos, ligados a ciclos de evaporação e infiltração de águas. Os e outros carbonatos parecem ser depositados no lago pela ação de camadas cianobactérias bentônicas (estromatólito), que podem ter um metro de espessura. (pt)
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  • Birkat asch-Schams (de)
  • Lac Solaire (fr)
  • Solar Lake (en)
  • Lago Solar (pt)
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