Lake Retba is well known for having been the end point of the famed Dakar Rally, which has since been relocated to South America. Does this bacteria exist anywhere else on Earth?
Why is this the only pink lake? Very neat, thank you for sharing. Before you call something a lie maybe expand your mind, travel and explore the world so you wont have to depend on someone else's discovery. It is disrespectful and would make your mom sad.
This lake really does exist. I'm originally from Senegal.. I remember my dad use to take my sister and I there when we were younger.. Lac rose. A boat floats on what looks like a huge strawberry milk-lake. The wooden vessels were photographed from the air bobbing on Lake Retba, in Senegal.
Giant milkshake: High levels of salt cause the water to change colour. Pink on white: The dramatic change in colour as the water meets the shore. Lake Retba, in the Cap Vert peninsula of Senegal, has a high concentration of salt which is harvested by local people. The lake is also a tourist attraction. Pink lakes tend to have a striking colour due to the presence of algae that produces carotenoids, such as Dunaliella Salina, a type of halophile green micro-algae especially found in sea salt fields.
Once the lake water reaches a salinity level greater than that of sea water, the temperature is high enough and adequate light conditions are provided, the alga begins to accumulate the red pigment beta carotene. In Senegal, Lake Retba, in the Cap Vert peninsula of the country, has such a high concentration of salt - 40 per cent - that is harvested by local people. The lake is dotted with salt collectors working up to seven hours a day, using long shovels to pile boats high with the mineral.
To protect their skin from the water they rub their skin with Shea butter. Western Australia's Lake Hillier is perhaps more striking since it is surrounded by lush vegetation. Many countries from around the world have pink lakes, including Senegal, Canada, Spain, Australia and Azerbaijan.
Senegal's Retba Lake is dotted with salt collectors working up to seven hours a day. To protect their skin from the water, which is up to 40 per cent salt, they rub their skin with shea butter. Some of the most urban of the world's pink lakes are found next to the Spanish city of Torrevieja, in South West Spain.
Two Salinas de Torrevieja meaning Salt Pans of Torrevieja border the coastal city and are protected parks for flora and fauna. The lake, on Middle Island, the largest of the islands and islets that make up the Recherche Archipelago, spans only about meters wide but its rose pink colour is unmistakable.
Canada's Dusty Rose Lake, in British Columbia is pink due to the particulate in the glacial melt waters feeding it. Perhaps the most unusually located pink lakes are in south west Spain, where two large salt-water lakes sit adjacent to the city of Torrevieja.
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