Villa Epecuén
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An Argentine tourist resort swallowed by a saltwater lake in 1985 and re-emerged 25 years later as a ghostly salt-encrusted ruin, its trees and buildings bleached white by decades of immersion.
Historical Background
Villa Epecuén was a thriving spa resort town on the shores of Lago Epecuén in Argentina, famous for its therapeutic salt waters. At its peak in the 1970s it attracted 25,000 visitors per season. On November 10, 1985, a dyke broke during heavy flooding and the lake began to rise. By 1993, the town was 10 meters underwater. The waters began receding in 2009, and by 2011 the ghostly ruins re-emerged — bleached white, trees stripped bare, streets covered in salt.
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