Extracting salt from Lake Rosa or Lake Retba, Senegal :flag_sn:
Lake Rosa (locally known as Lake Retba) is located north of the Senegalese peninsula of Cape Verde, northeast of the African country.
35 km distance from Dakar. It has a surface area of 3 km2.
The adjective pink comes from the color of its waters, which turn especially pink during the dry season.
This is due to an algae called (Dunaliella salina) that manufactures a red pigment to absorb sunlight.... see more
Extracting salt from Lake Rosa or Lake Retba, Senegal :flag_sn:
Lake Rosa (locally known as Lake Retba) is located north of the Senegalese peninsula of Cape Verde, northeast of the African country.
35 km distance from Dakar. It has a surface area of 3 km2.
The adjective pink comes from the color of its waters, which turn especially pink during the dry season.
This is due to an algae called (Dunaliella salina) that manufactures a red pigment to absorb sunlight.
The high level of salinity allows, as happens in the Dead Sea, people float with ease.
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If you can see this, go take some water okay? Your kidneys need it.
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