... Great postcard showing one of nature's wonders💜... a picturesque place to visit... the lake itself is not always pink, but when it is, its very beautiful with vivid range pink shades... it is colored by blooming algae when hit directly by sunlight and depends on the season... you could go hiking to the nearby Atlantic Ocean or taking boat rides... it might also be the saltiest lake in the world... swimming is possible as the bacteria it produces is completely harmless to humans... the shoreline is thickly spotted with flat-bottomed boats... it is neither fishing nor cargo boats... they serve only for salt exploitation... every year an enormous amount of salt is produced... the salt extracted is exported across the region and used by locals for preserving fish... men dig this salt up from the bottom of the lake and fill their canoes, while women unload the canoes into mounds on the lakeside... Big Thanks once more Benny!! ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Lac Rose (Pink Lake) lies north of the Cap Vert peninsula of Senegal, north-east of the capital, Dakar in northwest Africa. It is named for its pink waters caused by Dunaliella salina algae and is known for its high salt content, up to 40% in some areas.
The lake is a large shallow lagoon separated from the Atlantic Ocean by a strip of desert sand.
There is no life, except for Dunaliella salina, in the lake Retba, neither plants nor animals. The reason is that the pond is so saturated with salt, that no living being can survive.
Stamps:
The 24th Paris-Dakar Rally
(Issued 13-01-2003)
The 100th Anniversary of the Beginning of World War I
(Issued 20-08-2014)
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