IJsseloog, or the 'Eye of IJssel,' is an enormous circular pit in the middle of Ketelmeer lake in the mouth of the river IJssel, in the province of Flevoland, the Netherlands. The pit functions as a storage tank for heavily contaminated slit that is still being dredged from the bottom of the lake.
Between 1950 and 1990, lake Ketelmeer became heavily polluted from toxic industrial run-offs carried by Rhine and IJssel river from industries and factories located upstream. These pollutants were released into the river by industries not only in Holland but in Germany, Switzerland and France as well.
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I thought it was a giant clock before reading the headline.
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