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Five-Colored Lake, also called Peacock Lake, is 5 meters deep, with an area of 90,000 square meters and at an elevation of 2,472 meters. Its water at different depths covers a color spectrum from pale blue through aquamarine to emerald green. Geologists attribute the phenomenon to mineral concentration. The view is crowned as a wonder of Jiuzhaigou.