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Lake and Eyre
The rebuilt car was completed, with minor modifications, in 1962 and, by the end of the year, was shipped to Australia for a new attempt at Lake Eyre in 1963.
The Lake Eyre location was chosen as it offered of dried salt lake, where rain had not fallen in the previous 20 years, and the surface of the track was as hard as concrete.
Campbell and his team returned to Lake Eyre in 1964, but the surface never returned to the promise it had held in 1962 and Campbell had to battle with CN7 to reach record speeds ( over ).
Campbell's speed on his final Lake Eyre run remained the highest speed achieved by a wheel-driven car until 2001 ; Bluebird CN7 is now on display at the National Motor Museum in Hampshire, England, her potential only partly realised.
Lake Eyre during rainy season.
Lake Eyre South.
Lake Eyre salt crust.
Lake Eyre from a plane showing pink colouration from algae.
Lake Eyre () is the lowest point in Australia, at approximately ( AHD ) below sea level, and, on the rare occasions that it fills, it is the largest lake in Australia and 18th largest in the world.
It is the focal point of the vast Lake Eyre Basin and is found in South Australia, some north of Adelaide.
The traditional owners of the lake, the Arabuna, are seeking to restore the lake's traditional name, Kati Thanda, and to ban boating on the lake ( effectively closing The Lake Eyre Yacht Club ).
Lake Eyre is located in the deserts of central Australia, in northern South Australia.
The Lake Eyre Basin is a large endorheic system surrounding the lakebed, the lowest part of which is filled with the characteristic salt pan caused by the seasonal expansion and subsequent evaporation of the trapped waters.
Even in the dry season there is usually some water remaining in Lake Eyre, normally collecting in a number of smaller sub-lakes within its margins.
During the rainy season the rivers from the north-east part of the Lake Eyre Basin ( in outback ( south-west and central ) Queensland ) flow towards the lake through the Channel Country.
The-15 m altitude usually attributed to Lake Eyre refers to the deepest parts of the lake floor, in Belt Bay and the Madigan Gulf.
Local rain can also fill Lake Eyre to 3 – 4 m ( 10 – 13 ft ) as occurred in 1984 and 1989.
When recently flooded the lake is almost fresh and native fresh water fish, including bony bream ( Nematolosa erebi ), the Lake Eyre Basin sub-species of golden perch ( Macquaria ambigua ) and various small hardyhead species ( Craterocephalus spp.
The 2009 Lake Eyre flood peaked at deep in late May which is a quarter of its maximum recorded depth of.
As the flood did not start filling the lake's deepest point ( Belt Bay ) until late March little bird life appeared preferring instead to nest in the upper reaches of the Lake Eyre Basin, north of Birdsville, where large lakes appeared in January as a result of monsoonal rain.
The high rainfall in summer sent flood water into the Diamantina, Georgina and Cooper Creek catchments of the Lake Eyre basin, with the Cooper Creek reaching the lake for the first time since 1990.
The Lake Eyre Yacht Club is a dedicated group of sailors who sail on the lake's floods, including recent trips in 1997, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2007 and 2009.
A number of Trailer Sailers sailed on Lake Eyre in 1975, 1976 and 1984 when the flood depth reached 3 – 6 m ( 10 – 20 ft ).
The Cooper had reached Lake Eyre for the first time since 1990.
The commodore of the Lake Eyre Yacht Club has stated that sailing during this time has the appearance of sailing in the sky.

Lake and myths
Map of ancient Boeotia. The area around the Lake Copais down to Attica is related with the Ancient Greek flood myths # Ogyges | Ogygian deluge
In the case of the Atherton Tableland, myths tell of the origins of Lake Eacham, Lake Barrine, and Lake Euramo.
Unfortunately, the label / collective ceased to be in 2005 / 2006 due to disagreements with distributor The Platform Group ( a link to Fontana ) and other tensions ( many rumors and myths persist about all sorts of clashes around this time, centering around 2005 in Silver Lake, LA ), but a couple of the label's main bands at the time continued on to other labels and situations, namely The Static Age and Darker My Love.
Lake Mastis is mentioned in various legends and myths.
Some interesting myths surround Tippecanoe Lake.

Lake and recorded
* In addition, in 1974, Greg Lake ( of Emerson, Lake & Palmer ) wrote and recorded the song, " I Believe In Father Christmas ", which was released as a single in 1975.
The Battle on the Ice of Lake Vänern was a 6th century battle recorded in the Norse sagas and referred to in the Old English epic Beowulf.
Two widely distributed commercial recordings by The Boston Camerata, " Simple Gifts " ( 1995 ) and " The Golden Harvest " ( 2000 ), were recorded at the Shaker community of Sabbathday Lake, Maine, with active cooperation from the surviving Shakers, whose singing can be heard at several points on both recordings.
More than a thousand wrecks have been recorded in Lake Huron.
released a 2-CD set of Emerson, Lake and Palmer recorded live in 9 February 1978 at the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale, New York called Live at Nassau Coliseum 78.
Factory released a single-CD set of Emerson, Lake and Palmer recorded live in 2 April 1972 at the Mar Y Sol Festival, Vega Baja, Puerto Rico called Live at the Mar Y Sol Festival ' 72.
Upon arrival at the Salt Lake Valley, President of the Church Brigham Young is recorded as stating, " This is the right place, drive on ".
Asia's set included only " An Extraordinary Life " from Phoenix, the rest of the songs coming from the first two albums plus one cover each from The Buggles (" Video Killed the Radio Star " with Wetton on lead vocals and Downes on vocoder ), King Crimson (" The Court of the Crimson King ", which was recorded by a previous incarnation of that band with Greg Lake on lead vocals ) and Emerson, Lake & Palmer (" Fanfare for the Common Man ").
The largest recorded carp, caught by an angler in January 2010 at Lac de curtons ( Rainbow Lake ) near Bordeaux, France, weighed.
The first recorded information about Lake Victoria comes from Arab traders plying the inland routes in search of gold, ivory, other precious commodities, and slaves.
This was first recorded in 1982, in Crystal Lake, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago.
According to the myth recorded by Juan de Betanzos, Viracocha rose from Lake Titicaca ( or sometimes the cave of Pacaritambo ) during the time of darkness to bring forth light.
The Irish record for one-day rain-fall is, recorded at Cloore Lake, in Kerry in 1993.
The name " Koochiching " comes from either the Ojibwe word Gojijiing or Cree Kocicīhk ( recorded in some documents as " Ouchichiq "), both meaning " at the place of inlets ," referring to the neighboring Rainy Lake and River.
Gilfillan recorded their meaning, " according to some, Neighbor lake, according to others a lake somewhere ," possibly referring to Lake Couchiching located in southern Ontario.
The first recorded name of Lake Louise was Shosubenich, which means " great flat water with many islands ".
The highest overnight low-temperature ever recorded in Lake Havasu City was 98 ° F ( 37 ° C ) on July 22, 2003.
Due to the lack of the urban heat island effect, Crystal Lake experiences colder nights and lower precipitation than recorded at Chicago.
At the south end of Burnsville, Crystal Lake, recorded as " Minne Elk " was utilized for abundant fish, leisure and burial.
Together with Medicine Lake, the town holds the state's all-time-high record of 117 ° F ( 47 ° C ), which was recorded on July 20, 1893 in Glendive and on July 5, 1937 in Medicine Lake.

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