Remember the photo of the potash mining ponds? Here's a similar process occurring naturally in a lake in Senegal, where high levels of salt support the growth of a halophilic extremophile (Dunaliella salina) which produces a red pigment, turning the salty water pink.
The salt is harvested by local villagers.
Info from the Huffington Post, via Neatorama.
halophilic extremopiles did it? wow. Looks like it could be on another planet or something
ReplyDeletethose boats are floating on a giant strawberry milkshake
ReplyDelete... and quite funny, I actually made that comment before I checked Huff Puff :)
DeleteIt looks like a lake full of Pepto-Bismol - or maybe that's just the enormous supper I just ate talking...
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