Talk:Seven Rila Lakes

Circus lake

As an American, I know what a circus is and what a lake is, but what is a circus lake? I couldn't find it anywhere except in this article's reference. Perhaps they got it from the German "Zirkussee" or "Zirkustalsee", but it doesn't make sense in English. Art LaPella (talk) 04:07, 15 June 2009 (UTC)

Yes! Please clarify "circus lake." —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.144.116.37 (talk) 04:49, 16 June 2009 (UTC)

Someone changed it to cirque.

Resolved

 – Art LaPella (talk) 17:04, 16 June 2009 (UTC)

The coordinates need the following fixes:

• The current co-ordinates place the lakes in the middle of the North Atlantic. An east vs west longitude issue maybe?

Purple Wyrm (talk) 05:57, 16 June 2009 (UTC)

I checked the coordinates, they seem to be correct to me. Preslav (talk) 19:36, 11 July 2009 (UTC)

Lake identities

Looking at the gallery photo File:Rila 7 lakes circus panorama edit1.jpg it is hard to identify what lake is what.

• On the left 1/3 I see one lake at what appears the highest altitude - The Tear?
• In the middle 1/3 is a kidney shaped lake at the next highest altitude - The Eye - There is nothing oval about this
• In the right 1/3 there are 4 (or 5) lakes, one being very small and only being visible when looked at at full resolution
  • left of the bottom of right 1/3 - The Kidney? - doesn't look kidney shaped.
  • above the previous one (but downhill from it) - The Twin? - In no way does this appear as the largest lake
  • To the right of the land between the previous two lakes a tiny lake - The Trefoil - Doesn't appear to have an irregular shape
  • Directly above the previous lake and the rightmost lake in the photo - The Fish Lake?
  • Above and slightly left of the previous lake - The Lower Lake?

These don't seem right. Are these the same 7 lakes as google maps

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Seven+Rila+Lakes+Bulgaria&sll=34.016242,67.148438&sspn=124.668733,272.8125&ie=UTF8&ll=42.202582,23.326721&spn=0.030964,0.066605&t=h&z=14

Or is that completely the wrong location? Article needs clarification -- SGBailey (talk) 09:47, 16 June 2009 (UTC)

From the the descriptions in the article—and the aerial photography on Google Maps—it is clear that both panoramic images show only the lowest (and largest) six lakes/ponds. Both images appear to be taken from the vicinity of the highest and smallest lake/pond (without actually showing it). —MJBurrage^(T•C) 22:55, 16 June 2009 (UTC)

That's right: you'd need to take an almost 360 degrees panorama to get all the lakes in one picture, and there's only one spot (10m north of the Tear lake, here 42°11′54.87″N 23°18′38.11″E) where this is possible. Instead the photographer chose to stand here 42°11′49.15″N 23°18′49.54″E where he could get six of the lakes in less than 180 degrees, but the Tear lake is hidden by a ridge (left edge of the picture). Preslav (talk) 19:36, 11 July 2009 (UTC)