Unexplained Vanishing Lakes: What Causes Them and What Can We Learn?

[Mk]

http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_2384990.html?menu=news.quirkies
Ok, so there's this lake that allegedly disappeared extremely quickly. They showed it on the American television show 60 Minutes a few nights ago, and to me it actually looked like there was still a lake there, but I guess that was a before picture, not after. Is this real? If so, how did it happen?

 

[billiards]

I reckon Coca-Cola nicked it.

 

[Evo]

Vanishing lakes are something that is more common than one would think.

We had a thread about a 23 acre lake that vanished in Saint Louis, MO in 2004. It also discusses the Lake Peigneur disaster.

WILDWOOD, Mo. - To folks around Wildwood, it is nothing but freaky: an entire 23-acre lake vanished in a matter of days, as if someone pulled the plug on a bathtub.

Lake Chesterfield went down a sinkhole this week, leaving homeowners in this affluent St. Louis suburb wondering if their property values disappeared along with their lakeside views.

“It’s real creepy,” said Donna Ripp, who lives near what had been Lake Chesterfield. “That lake was 23 acres — no small lake. And to wake up one morning, drive by and it’s gone?”

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5191079/

https://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?p=242458

This link discusses the disappearance of Florida Lakes such as Lake Jackson and Lake Cascade.

http://www.fsu.edu/~fstime/FS-Times/Volume5/sept99web/13sept99.html