At a depth of 18 ft (5.5 m), Bohunskyi Quarry hits a thermocline — a sharp temperature drop where warm, clear water turns icy cold. …
Bohunskyi Quarry: A Lake with a Thermocline Beneath Which Total Darkness Rules
Zhytomyr Oblast
The Berdychiv Sanctuary: An Icon Pilgrims Pray to a Copy Of
The icon thousands of pilgrims pray to in Berdychiv today isn’t the one its founder, Janusz Tyszkiewicz, gave the monastery in 1642. The original 16th-century …
Korostyshiv Quarry — the “labradorite canyon,” 130 years of extraction and a film location
In 1890 quarrying of labradorite, gabbro and grey granite began here. For a hundred years the quarry was one of the largest enterprises in the …
Pashyn Quarry — 177 ft (54 m) deep and submerged granite spirals for divers
177 ft (54 m) — the maximum depth of Pashyn Quarry. In winter the visibility reaches 66 ft (20 m) — greater than at most …
Druzhbivsky Quarry — Turquoise Water Among Stone You Wouldn’t Expect to See in Polissia
Some places look like a mistake in the landscape. You’re driving an ordinary road through the Zhytomyr region: forests, fields, villages, nothing dramatic. And then, …