THE PINK LAKE IN AUSTRALIA

LAKE HILLIER IS A PINK COLORED LAKE ON MIDDLE ISLAND IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA.MIDDLE ISLAND IS THE LARGEST OF THE ISLAND AND ISLETS THAT MAKEUP THE RECHERCHE ARCHIPELAGO, WESTERN AUSTRALIA. THE MOST NOTABLE FEATURE OF THIS LAKE IS ITS ROSE PINK COLOR. IT IS SUCH A SIGNIFICANT DISTINGUISHING FEATURE OF THE ARCHIPELAGO.THE AIR PASSENGERS OFTEN TAKE NOT OF IT.THE COLOR IS PERMANENT AND DOES NOT ALTER WHEN THE WATER TAKEN IN A CONTAINER. THE LENGTH OF THE LAKE IS ABOUT SIX HUNDRED METERS. THE LAKE IS SURROUNDED BY A BORDER OF SAND AND A DENSE WOODLAND OF PAPER BARK AND EUCALYPTUS TRESS WITH A NARROW STRIPES OF SAND DUNES COVERED BY VEGETATION SEPARATING IT TO THE NORTH FROM THE SOUTHERN OCEAN.

THE ISLAND AND LAKE ARE THOUGHT TO HAVE BEEN FIRST CHARTED BY THE FLINDERS  EXPEDITION IN 1802. CAPTAIN FLINDERS IS SAID TO HAVE OBSERVED THE PINK LAKE AFTER ASCENDING THE ISLAND,S PEAK JOHN THISTLE THE SHIP,S MASTER, COLLECTED SOME OF THE LAKE,S WATER, WHICH HE FOUND TO BE SATURATED WITH SALT. ALTHOUGH THE SOURCE OF THE PINK COLOR HAVE NOT BEEN DEFINITIVELY PROVEN IN THE CASE OF LAKE HILLIER. THE PINK COLOR OF OTHER SALT LAKE (E,G PINK LAKE) IN THE REGION ARISES FROM ARE DYE CREATED BY THE ORGANISMS DUNALIELLA SALINA AND   HALOBACTERIA. ANOTHER HYPOTHESIS IS THAT THE PINK COLOR IS DUE TO RED HALOPHILIC BACTERIA IN THE SALT CRUSTS. DESPITE THE UNUSUAL HUE,THE LAKE EXHIBITS NO KNOWN ADVERSE EFFECTS UPON HUMANS.