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The Saura ravine. The Turtle lake

The Saura ravine. The Turtle lake

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Took place on: 2025-04-14

We'll encounter an abandoned eponymous settlement, get deep into this green canyon and see a real lake with turtles!

That's the first stop of our program, although the last object I write about. X)

Saura is located on Caspian coast nearby to Aqtau (~41 miles, ~67 km). Right at the entrance of this tract lays an eponymous abandoned settlement.

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A tree already!

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A tree already!

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With abandoned buildings coexist relatively fresh gazebos, which are might be even getting used

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With abandoned buildings coexist relatively fresh gazebos, which are might be even getting used

This gorge consists of plates of the same material, resembling the Napoleon cake.

Arena!

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Arena!

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Now closer to the lake.

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It isn't just named Turtle lake, it is a turtle lake indeed. The inhabitants are...

...pond sliders!

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...pond sliders!

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Of course, that's not a native population, especially considered this specie coming from America. It was a virtue of a one person to free his domestic turtles into this place. And it appeared to be a good areal for them, so the populace is growing!

If you look on iNaturalist once again, you'll see these slders appearing next to Aqtau itself.

On our way to Zhygylgan we made a sanitary stop close to another abandoned structure.

What purpose it served, one might never know

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What purpose it served, one might never know

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Lichen!

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Lichen!