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 The entry area is filling up: Later on the water is 1m higher than the walls. In the centre of the image the gorge, built with... |
 ...large rocks can be seen. Up to 6m high, reef-like cliffs were built, planted at the top with water lilies. |
 A corridor on one side leads to the crater landscape: Vertical craters and short tunnels that remind of magma caves in volcanos. Here you can practice cave diving. |
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 Safety: You are never more than 2-3m away from an emergency exit. |
 3 corridors stacked above each other. The top one leads to a short cave. |
 It falls 6m vertically down but can be exited through an opening in the wall. |
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 After a stretch of open water through a valley, you reach a short tunnel that leads upward to the arcades. |
 Lateral openings allow a lot of light to enter the 20m long cave. Above the water is a large, air filled space. |
 After a short, crater-like valley, begins the well illuminated system of corridors of the eastern cave. |
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 Emergency exits and light openings are never more than 5m away. |
 The middle corridor ascends slightly and leads directly to the exit. |
 To the right lies the double-cave: two tunnels with multiple connections. |
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 Behind the cave exit rise great stone pillars from a narrow valley. |
 Large pillars have very roomy spaces that are easy to dive through. |
 At the valley's exit begins the avenue with the temple sentries : 3m tall statues of cat-like creatures. |
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 Sturgeons can often be found around the temple sentries, sometimes up to 20, of which some are up to 5ft long. |
 These fish that somewhat resemble sharks have a toothless mouth and are very tame. |
 They readily approach quiet divers. Touching and chasing leads to permanent banning. |
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 The cat statues escort the way to the temple with its 5m high hall of pillars. |
 The rearward part of the temple has been buried. Also, there are large holes in the roof. |
 Light streams in through the gaps in between the pillars causing beautiful effects. |
 Through a crevice in the rock you reach the lagoon with many fish among the rocks. |
 Opposite lies the water lily trench that ends at the entrance to the light cave. |
 This cave is somewhat darker. Emergency exits are on the sides. |
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 When its sunny, narrow blades of light illuminate the cave. |
 The eastern entrance with emergency exit above. |
 The cave is followed by a narrow, steeply descending gorge. |
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 The crevassed cliffs with their large rocks offer ideal hiding places for fish. |
 The maze of walls with its breaches in the water lily area resembles a labyrinth. |
 Balcony Bay consists of a large overhanging rock in front of which a sunken tree lies in the water. |
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 Among the most spectacular sights in the lake are the beautiful light effects in the western cave. |
 Underneath the roof of the 'Hall of Mirrors' is an air bubble where extra light is reflected. |
 There is also a hall of pillars in this system of caves with a cathedral and 3 large pillars. |
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 Diving also includes the thrill of a sunken ship. |
 The wreck has three rooms that can be visited. |
 Lots of light and three escape exits: The wheelhouse of the (converted) canal ship. |