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Went to Mountain "Lake" yesterday for a faculty retreat and I had to get some samples to look for microbes while I was there. Pretty epic mud.

The claim to fame of this lake is that Dirty Dancing was filmed here (when the lake was full). It is one of two natural lakes in Virginia and it has highly unstable water levels.

#virginia #freshwater #microbiology

#microbiology #freshwater #virginia
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K Fortino
K Fortino
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I had heard that they plugged the “hole” with cement to keep it full but I guess that’s not true.
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Frank Aylward
Frank Aylward
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@kennypeanuts I'm not entirely sure, but I think that may have made it worse by blocking springs underneath. The geology is rather complex.
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