Lake Tahoe and Lake Mashu

Lake Tahoe is so beautiful. Around here its water clarity is unrivaled. Unfortunately, every year it loses 1 foot of clarity due to pollution, jet skiing, human waste run-off, etc... Right now, we can see about 130 ft down into the lake. I wish a law would be passed to prevent jet skiing at least, like




Lake Mashu in Japan, which is classed (with Lake Baikal in Siberia), as one of the most transparent lakes of the world.

Lake Tahoe Photo (c)J.T. Ravizé

Lake Mashu Photo (C)Komai Masaya (site is in Japanese)