The majority of landscapes act as common sense dictates. Lakes remain where they are, rivers flow downward towards the sea, and roads built over arid land typically stay roads rather than become open water. However, a small upland lake tucked away in Northern Ireland's County Antrim hills appears to have completely missed the memo, filling and emptying at a rate that has perplexed both residents and geologists for generations. Although the lake is known as Loughareema , practically everyone in the vicinity just refers to it as the Vanishing Lake. Depending on the day, a driver may see a large sheet of dark water lapping at the tarmac on a public road that passes directly across the centre of the basin.
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