Damn Mother Nature, You Crazier Than That Gum That Changes Flavors: There's A Giant Pink Lake In Senegal
This is a series of photographs of Lake Retba in Senegal. It's pink. The lake has an unusually high salt concentration (like the Dead Sea), in which Dunaliella salina micro-algae thrive, giving it its pink hue. Neato. You know what would be even cooler though? If the Lost City of Atlantis really existed. Think about it -- you damn well KNOW we'd have hoverboards and time machines by now.
Hit the jump for several more shots.
Thanks to bb, who's a pink lady herself. Me? I'm a dainty lady. *spins in dress, realizes I'm not wearing underwear but AM wearing a strap-on dildo backwards from when I was pretending to be an alien earlier*
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