Ancient salt lake suddenly turned pink full of mystery in China
A strange corner of the lake is 'tinged with pink' different from the rest of the gray-green lakes left many curious.
Recently, a corner of ancient saltwater lake in Yuncheng, Shanxi province, China suddenly turned pink in a strange way that many people were curious.
This is an ancient salt lake with very high salinity, and was dubbed the " Dead Sea of China ". Local people have been clearing salt from the lake for the past 4,000 years.
Lake salt water is divided by roads.
There is only one corner of the lake that changes color differently from the rest of the blue-gray lakes.
According to experts, the cause of lake water has turned pink is the development of a red algae called salinas dunaliella in the lake.
The salinity in the lake is very high, even, people can float "on the lake" on the lake like the Dead Sea between Jordan, Palestine and Israel.
Earlier, Siberian people, Russia also witnessed Lake Burlinskoye water in the Altai mountains, Siberia changed to pink.The strange thing is that this event occurs in August every year due to the pink microorganisms called Artemia salina, often living under the surface of the water.
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