SAILING IN A STRAWBERRY MILKSHAKE

SAILING IN A STRAWBERRY MILKSHAKE

 

Lake Retba, which runs through Senegal, West Africa, gets its color from an unusually high salt content—in some up to 40-percent! Microbiologist Michael Danson says that the water gets its candy-colored hue from the salt-loving organism Dunaliella salina (an algae). “They produce a red pigment that absorbs and uses the energy of sunlight to create more energy, turning the water pink,” he told the Daily Mail.

 

[DailyMail - Images via Barcroft Media]