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Boiling Lake, Dominica
As you might have guessed, this is not a lake you would want to dive into for a swim –yes, it can burn you alive. With bubbling greyish-blue water that is usually enveloped in a cloud of steam, the Boiling Lake located on the Caribbean Island of Dominica looks like a giant pot of water cooking and steaming on a stove. The water temperature along the edges of this lake ranges from 180 to 197 °F (82 to 92 °C). So dangerous that nobody has been able to measure the temperature at the center where the lake is actively boiling. The air around the area is steamy and hot with a sharp, acrid smell of sulfur.
