Water is the element of life: life on earth was started in water and it was only later that it conquered the land. Even there it is always a necessary basis so that everything remains live. Do we therefore still feel today attracted by water landscapes so as magnet? Die Plitvice Lakes in Croatia is a location, where water demonstrates its totally fascinating power and beauty. The existence of this landscape of lakes is due to the fascinating interaction of different natural powers.
Four billion years ago, the infant Earth was a seething cauldron of erupting volcanoes, raining meteors, and hot noxious gases, totally devoid of life. But a relatively short time later—100 to 200 million years—the planet was teeming with primitive organisms. What happened?