Pitch Lake is a popular tourist attraction, that includes a small museum, from where official tour guides can escort people across the lake. The lake is mined for asphalt by Lake Asphalt of Trinidad and Tobago. Lake Asphalt of Trinidad and Tobago is a company based in La Brea in Trinidad involved in the mining, processing and exporting of asphalt products from the Pitch Lake…. Lake Asphalt of Trinidad and Tobago.
Once stuck in a tar seep, animals would eventually sink into the earth. Once ensnared, animals would linger on the surface for months—often 17 to 20 weeks.
Pitch is a viscoelastic polymer which can be natural or manufactured, derived from petroleum, coal tar, or plants. Various forms of pitch may also be called tar, bitumen, or asphalt.
Pitch produced from plants is also known as resin. Some products made from plant resin are also known as rosin. Sap is the sugary secretion from plants as well as trees think raw material for maple syrup. The asphalt lakes are part of a designated park named Tar Pits Park. The tar pits are all located directly on the beach and are created by oil originating from the Carpinteria Offshore Oil Field.
The asphalt was used by the indigenous population long before the arrival of Europeans, especially as a sealant to make their boats waterproof. Pitch Lake, the liquid asphalt lake, the largest natural deposit of bitumen in the world. La Brea, Trinidad island, Trinidad and Tobago. Oishimaya Sen Nag February 17 in Environment.
Puma, Cougar, Or Mountain Lion? Bhopal Gas Tragedy. Greenland Shark. Mining of the lake started in , and an estimated 10 million tons of asphalt has been extracted since. The company is vital to the local economy, as the major source of employment. The lake is estimated to contain reserves of around 6 million tons, which would last years at the current rate of extraction.
Items found in the Pitch Lake include Amerindian artifacts, fossilized remains from a prehistoric giant sloth, and a mastodon tooth. In , a massive tree, estimated to be around 4, years old, suddenly emerged from the center of the lake, then sank back down, although a section was rescued for posterity. Based in Scarborough, U. Its asphalt has been used to pave roads and airport runways around the world, including the roadway in front of Buckingham Palace in England, La Guardia Airport in New York, the Lincoln Tunnel which connects New York to New Jersey, as well as numerous roads in several countries.
Visitors can walk on the surface and you might feel it is alive — with its hissing and burping sounds. Small pools of water form on it during the rainy season and you can bathe in them. They contain high levels of sulfur and villagers claim they are the fountains of life, good for curing anything from skin conditions to joint pain.
Legend has it the lake swallowed an entire tribe after they ate humming birds which were believed were the souls of their departed ancestors. Some of these can be viewed at the onsite museum. Indications of prehistoric life in Trinidad and Tobago have also been found — the rib and thigh of a giant sloth, along with a tooth identified as belonging to a mastodon.
You can also enjoy the flora and fauna around such as water rose, nymph lilies, and bird of paradise.
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