Photo Tour: Jellyfish Lake, Palau

Jellyfish Lake has got to be the most unusual place I've ever snorkeled. It's a freshwater lake, about a ten-minute hike from the coast, filled with a species of jellyfish that either don't sting or sting mildly. They follow the sun and get their energy from photosynthesis (thanks to some algae they live with). You can't avoid bumping into them -- and they into you -- if you swim in the part of the lake where they're thickest at that time of the day.

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