Rescuers allegedly breached salty aquifers while digging to a depth of 18 meters to collect the remains of the bomber.

After some time, stories about the healing properties of the salt water of the lake began to spread.

[5] Supporters of Helena Blavatsky's esoteric ideas named the lake, as a reference to the mythical continent Lemuria.

[6] The pink colour of the reservoir is due to unicellular algae Dunaliella saline, which contain beta-carotene to protect it from long-term UV radiation.

The white shore and the pink lake give this part of Kherson region a very distinctive appearance.