8月8日に中国四川省で起きた大地震で、世界遺産の名勝「九寨溝（きゅうさいこう）」にある湖「火花海（かかかい、ひばなかい）」が決壊して水がほとんどなくなった。多くの観光客を魅了してきた美しい景観が大きなダメージを受けた可能性が高い。中国経営報が写真付きで報じた。
火花海は標高2187メートルにある湖で、土石流が積み重なってできたと言われている。エメラルドグリーンの水を湛えており、夕日が反射するとキラキラと輝く様子が「火花が散るようだ」として、この名前がついた。
九寨溝の管理当局によると大地震で長さ50メートル、深さ12メートル、幅20メートルにわたり決壊。当局は「甚大な被害」と発表している。
四川省の地元紙「成都商報」の電子版は8月10日、地震後の火花海の空撮写真を掲載した。水がほとんどなくなっていることが分かる。
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■関連スライドショー（九寨溝で大地震）
九寨溝で大地震
CHINA-QUAKE(01 of31)
Rescuers transfer a survivor, injured during an earthquake, by a helicopter to Sichuan Provincial People\'s Hospital in Jiuzhaigou in China\'s southwestern Sichuan province on August 9, 2017. \nChina on August 9 evacuated tens of thousands people in its mountainous southwest after a strong earthquake killed at least 19 people and rattled a region where memories of a 2008 seismic disaster remain fresh. / AFP PHOTO / STR / China OUT (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:STR via Getty Images)
Strong Earthquake Jolts SW China(02 of31)
ABA, CHINA - AUGUST 09: The car is destroyed at the quake-hit area at Jiuzhaigou County on August 9, 2017 in Tibetan and Qiang autonomous prefecture of Aba, Sichuan Province of China. A magnitude-7.0 earthquake struck Jiuzhaigou County at 9:19 pm on Tuesday. 9 were killed and 164 injured in the earthquake struck Sichuan. (Photo by VCG/VCG via Getty Images) (credit:VCG via Getty Images)
CHINA-QUAKE/(03 of31)
A crack is seen on a road after an earthquake in Jiuzhaigou county, Ngawa prefecture, Sichuan province, China August 9, 2017. CNS/Feng Zheng via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS PICTURE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. CHINA OUT. (credit:China Stringer Network / Reuters)
Strong Earthquake Jolts SW China(04 of31)
ABA, CHINA - AUGUST 09: Tourists wait to be transferred at Jiuzhaigou County on August 9, 2017 in Tibetan and Qiang autonomous prefecture of Aba, Sichuan Province of China. A magnitude-7.0 earthquake struck Jiuzhaigou County at 9:19 pm on Tuesday. 19 were killed and 217 injured in the earthquake struck Sichuan. (Photo by An Yuan/CHINA NEWS SERVICE/VCG via Getty Images) (credit:VCG via Getty Images)
Strong Earthquake Jolts SW China(05 of31)
ABA, CHINA - AUGUST 09: Armed officers transfer a trapped woman at Jiuzhaigou County on August 9, 2017 in Tibetan and Qiang autonomous prefecture of Aba, Sichuan Province of China. A magnitude-7.0 earthquake struck Jiuzhaigou County at 9:19 pm on Tuesday. 19 were killed and 217 injured in the earthquake struck Sichuan. (Photo by VCG/VCG via Getty Images) (credit:VCG via Getty Images)
Strong Earthquake Jolts SW China(06 of31)
ABA, CHINA - AUGUST 09: Rescuers search at a hotel after the 7.0-magnitude earthquake at Jiuzhaigou County on August 9, 2017 in Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province of China. 19 people were dead and 247 injured after a 7.0-magnitude earthquake Tuesday in Jiuzhaigou County of Sichuan, according to Xinhua net. (Photo by VCG/VCG via Getty Images) (credit:VCG via Getty Images)
TOPSHOT-CHINA-QUAKE(07 of31)
TOPSHOT - Chinese paramilitary police recover a victim from a wrecked tour bus in Jiuzhaigou in China\'s southwestern Sichuan province on August 9, 2017, after an 6.5-magnitude earthquake struck the province late on August 8.\nChina on August 9 evacuated tens of thousands people in its mountainous southwest after a strong earthquake killed at least 19 people and rattled a region where memories of a 2008 seismic disaster remain fresh. / AFP PHOTO / STR / China OUT (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:STR via Getty Images)
CHINA-QUAKE(08 of31)
Tourists wait to be evacuated after an earthquake in Jiuzhaigou in China\'s southwestern Sichuan province on August 9, 2017. \nChina on August 9 evacuated tens of thousands people in its mountainous southwest after a strong earthquake killed at least 19 people and rattled a region where memories of a 2008 seismic disaster remain fresh. / AFP PHOTO / STR / China OUT (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:STR via Getty Images)
CHINA-QUAKE(09 of31)
Rescuers carry a woman, injured during an earthquake, in Jiuzhaigou in China\'s southwestern Sichuan province on August 9, 2017. \nChina on August 9 evacuated tens of thousands people in its mountainous southwest after a strong earthquake killed at least 19 people and rattled a region where memories of a 2008 seismic disaster remain fresh. / AFP PHOTO / STR / China OUT (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:STR via Getty Images)
CHINA-QUAKE(10 of31)
Chinese paramilitary police are seen beside a wrecked tour bus as they conduct rescue operations in Jiuzhaigou in China\'s southwestern Sichuan province on August 9, 2017, after an 6.5-magnitude earthquake struck the province late on August 8.\nChina on August 9 evacuated tens of thousands people in its mountainous southwest after a strong earthquake killed at least 19 people and rattled a region where memories of a 2008 seismic disaster remain fresh. / AFP PHOTO / STR / China OUT (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:STR via Getty Images)
Strong Earthquake Jolts SW China(11 of31)
ABA, SICHUAN - AUGUST 09: Rescue teams do a transfer at the site after the 7.0-magnitude earthquake at Jiuzhaigou County on August 9, 2017 in Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province of China. 19 people were dead and 247 injured after a 7.0-magnitude earthquake Tuesday in Jiuzhaigou County of Sichuan, according to Xinhua net. (Photo by VCG/VCG via Getty Images) (credit:VCG via Getty Images)
Strong Earthquake Jolts SW China(12 of31)
ABA, CHINA - AUGUST 09: Armed officers use a drone to check road collapse caused by a magnitude-7.0 earthquake at Jiuzhaigou County on August 9, 2017 in Tibetan and Qiang autonomous prefecture of Aba, Sichuan Province of China. A magnitude-7.0 earthquake struck Jiuzhaigou County at 9:19 pm on Tuesday. 9 were killed and 164 injured in the earthquake struck Sichuan. (Photo by VCG/VCG via Getty Images) (credit:VCG via Getty Images)
TOPSHOT-CHINA-QUAKE(13 of31)
TOPSHOT - Chinese paramilitary police carry relief supplies on their way to an earthquake-struck zone in Jiuzhaigou in China\'s southwestern Sichuan province on August 9, 2017. \nAt least 13 people were killed when a 6.5-magnitude earthquake struck southwestern China, authorities said on August 9, but the toll was expected to climb as news trickles out of the remote mountainous region. / AFP PHOTO / STR / China OUT (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:STR via Getty Images)
Strong Earthquake Jolts SW China(14 of31)
ABA, CHINA - AUGUST 09: The quake-hit area is seen at Jiuzhaigou County on August 9, 2017 in Tibetan and Qiang autonomous prefecture of Aba, Sichuan Province of China. A magnitude-7.0 earthquake struck Jiuzhaigou County at 9:19 pm on Tuesday. 9 were killed and 164 injured in the earthquake struck Sichuan. (Photo by VCG/VCG via Getty Images) (credit:VCG via Getty Images)
Strong Earthquake Jolts SW China(15 of31)
ABA, CHINA - AUGUST 09: Armed police soldiers carry an injured woman after the 7.0-magnitude earthquake at Jiuzhaigou County on August 9, 2017 in Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province of China. 19 people were dead and 247 injured after a 7.0-magnitude earthquake Tuesday in Jiuzhaigou County of Sichuan, according to Xinhua net. (Photo by Wang Weishuang/VCG via Getty Images) (credit:VCG via Getty Images)
Strong Earthquake Jolts SW China(16 of31)
ABA, CHINA - AUGUST 09: Rescuers search at a hotel after the 7.0-magnitude earthquake at Jiuzhaigou County on August 9, 2017 in Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province of China. 19 people were dead and 247 injured after a 7.0-magnitude earthquake Tuesday in Jiuzhaigou County of Sichuan, according to Xinhua net. (Photo by VCG/VCG via Getty Images) (credit:VCG via Getty Images)
Strong Earthquake Jolts SW China(17 of31)
ABA, SICHUAN - AUGUST 09: Rescue teams do a transfer at the site after the 7.0-magnitude earthquake at Jiuzhaigou County on August 9, 2017 in Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province of China. 19 people were dead and 247 injured after a 7.0-magnitude earthquake Tuesday in Jiuzhaigou County of Sichuan, according to Xinhua net. (Photo by VCG/VCG via Getty Images) (credit:VCG via Getty Images)
Strong Earthquake Jolts SW China(18 of31)
ABA, CHINA - AUGUST 09: The quake-hit area is seen at Jiuzhaigou County on August 9, 2017 in Tibetan and Qiang autonomous prefecture of Aba, Sichuan Province of China. A magnitude-7.0 earthquake struck Jiuzhaigou County at 9:19 pm on Tuesday. 9 were killed and 164 injured in the earthquake struck Sichuan. (Photo by VCG/VCG via Getty Images) (credit:VCG via Getty Images)
TOPSHOT-CHINA-QUAKE(19 of31)
TOPSHOT - Chinese paramilitary police sleep on the ground after an 18-hour rescue operation in Jiuzhaigou in China\'s southwestern Sichuan province on August 9, 2017. \nChina on August 9 evacuated tens of thousands people in its mountainous southwest after a strong earthquake killed at least 19 people and rattled a region where memories of a 2008 seismic disaster remain fresh. / AFP PHOTO / STR / China OUT (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:STR via Getty Images)
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生存者を探し出す警官 (credit:AFP＝時事)
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