Australia’s Pink Lakes
Thursday, August 4th, 2016August 4, 2016
Maps in The World Book Encyclopedia tend to show bodies of water in blue, and, despite the many colors of water we see every day—blue, brown, gray, green, white, clear, or even iridescent—we generally accept that blue represents water. Along the south coast of Western Australia, however, two naturally pink lakes challenge that color representation. The pink lakes lie on the rugged coast near Esperance and on nearby Middle Island in the Recherche Archipelago. The traditionally blue waters of the Great Australian Bight (a large bay in the southeastern Indian Ocean) contrast strongly against the vivid pinks of the lakes. (more…)