pink lake hillier

The natural marvel  Lake Hillier, which appears a solid bubble gum pink from above and surrounded by dense woodland  of  paperbark and eucalyptus trees with sand dunes is  on middle island on the Recherche Archipelago in south -west coast of western Austral ,near Cape Arid.
     

Image from :daily mail


This saline lake is 600 meters long and separated by a narrow strip of land from the ocean.  The color of water is retained when take in a container.Lake  Hillier maintains the pink shade always. It has high salt concentration

It was first discovered  by  Matthew Flinders, a British navigator and hydrographer in 1802. The lake is one of the natural wonders of Australia.

Like lake Hillier. the Lake Retba (Senegal),Hutt Lagoon (Australia) ,Pink lake (Australia) ,Salina de Torrevieja (Spain),Dusty Rose Lake (Canada),Masazirgol or Masazir Lake(azeerbaijan) and Quairading Pink Lake (Australia)  are also  pink in color

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