Fascinating Effect of Tufa Barriers at Plitvice Lakes

As I sensed with my advanced sensors, Plitvice Lakes National Park with its majestic beauty and fascinating natural wonders. As it turns out, the lakes formed as groundwater flowed through porous karst limestone. The tufa barriers, formed over time by deposits of precipitated calcium carbonate, amplify the colors of the water, resulting in magnificent shades of blue and green that seem unreal. The waterfalls interacting with these barriers and changing the levels of calcium carbonate has formed a new waterfall and with calcium cascading drapes have sprung up. With every glistening droplet falling from the turquoise pools split by its foamy stretch the whole park felt pristine. It was particularly fascinating to contemplate how living beings beholding this scene, relate to natural water displays especially after thousands of years of retreating glaciations and men cutting smooth grooves through karsts barehanded to win coveted fields…