Our planet has many different miracles which can surprise even the most experienced reader or traveler. But any creation of human goes dark when nature begins creating. Pink Lake Hillier in Australia vividly testifies to the fact. It is a breathtaking natural phenomenon, the location of which can be found near the Western coast of the Australian continent on an island named Middle.
The lake was discovered by chance in the nineteenth century. Back then, the island hosted settlements of hunters on seals and whales. Also, attempts had been made to extract sea salt industrially there, but it proved not to be cost-effective. Perhaps, the fact saved the place, since, as is known, people seeking to profit can destroy everything in their path.
Lake Hillier is framed by white crystals of salt, while its coastline is about 600 kilometers. Also, the lake is surrounded by emerald eucalyptus forests, and the main feature of it is, of course, its water, which is of pink color. From a bird's-eye view, the lake looks like a saucer filled with cherry jelly. And it is not just an optical effect of light refraction in the water. The water has not a pink tint; it is entirely pink.
It must be said that there are only a few of similar lakes on our earth. In Australia, there is a pink lake named Pink Lake near the city of Esperanza, and in Senegal, there is also a similar lake called Retba Lake. The cause why these lakes are pink is known. It is due to a very small plant named Alga Dunaliella salina throwing out beta carotene into the water, thereby coloring it.
Initially, scientists suggested that the reason for the pinkness of the Hillier's water is the same. But some time later, it turned out to be not so. In the study of water samples from the Hillier Lake, it was proved that the reason is not algae, simply because, there are none of them in the water of the lake.
We could blame the industrial wastes of factories and plants, but there are no companies near the lake.
It is assumed that the pink color is caused by some special minerals, but it is only an unsubstantiated hypothesis. The question of why the water has rose color is still relevant.
Today, Pink Lake Hillier in Australia remains an unsolved mystery, despite the constant attempts of scientists to find out its mystery.
Location: Goldfields-Esperance, Western Australia
The Astonishing Pink Lake Hillier In Australia
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11/22/2016
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11/22/2016
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