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This is a panoramic view made of two pictures of the beautiful volcanic lake and hill near Konya, Turkey. The landscape was created by two volcanic explosions separated by hundreds of millions of years. While the crater of the first explosion created the beautiful lake, the second explosion is responsible for the little islands within it. The color of the lake changes depending on weather and soil conditions. This lake was also known as the "blue eye/evil eye" after the famous turkish glass beeds, yet the color of the water change significantly in the past few years because of low water amount. In fact, it was feared that the lake would dry completely due to the uncontrolled over-use of underground waters in the past decades. Luckily, the lake recovered significantly over the past year thanks to the above-average rain fall in the area.