MOSCOW: An industrial dump site in Siberia whose turquoise lake resembles a tropical paradise has become a magnet for Instagrammers who risk their health in the toxic water to wow online followers.
Bikini-clad models, paddle-boarders and romantic couples are using a Novosibirsk energy plant’s ash dump site – nicknamed the local “Maldives” – as background for their snaps, posing as if relaxing in a holiday paradise.
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