The Pink Lake in Dakar in Senegal, as you can see in these images, is indeed naturally pink! Watch the video…
The Pink Lake, Lake Retba (Lac Rose), has a high salt content, a perfect living conditions for micro-algae called dunaliella salina. Like this lake in southern France.
The presence of dunaliella salina in this small lake, east of Dakar, is what gives the lake its pink hue.
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