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06-04-07, 20:55
Last Updated: Friday, 6 April 2007, 12:28 GMT 13:28 UK
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Mexicans worry over drying lake
By Duncan Kennedy
BBC News, Mexico City
Playing Jesus is never easy. Especially the bit where you try to walk on a lake.
But for the people of one region in Mexico that is effectively what they can now do - walk on a lake.
Local residents blame global warming for the falling water levels
It is really quite easy, you just put one foot in front of the other and off you go. It is not a trick, more an illusion.
On parts of Lake Patzcuaro, 231 miles (371km) north-east of Mexico City, you can walk.
Except, of course, much of the lake is no longer there. It is the lake bed that entices you out where the water once used to be.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6522851.stm
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Mexicans worry over drying lake
By Duncan Kennedy
BBC News, Mexico City
Playing Jesus is never easy. Especially the bit where you try to walk on a lake.
But for the people of one region in Mexico that is effectively what they can now do - walk on a lake.
Local residents blame global warming for the falling water levels
It is really quite easy, you just put one foot in front of the other and off you go. It is not a trick, more an illusion.
On parts of Lake Patzcuaro, 231 miles (371km) north-east of Mexico City, you can walk.
Except, of course, much of the lake is no longer there. It is the lake bed that entices you out where the water once used to be.
.....
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6522851.stm