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(4,482 posts)Although the source of the pink colour has not been definitively proven in the case of Lake Hillier, the pink colour of other salt lakes (e.g. Pink Lake) in the region arises from a dye created by the organisms Dunaliella salina and Halobacteria.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Hillier
trotsky
(49,533 posts)Turborama
(22,109 posts)And, as yet, no definitive proof of the cause, as pointed out by PADemD above. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Hillier
trotsky
(49,533 posts)Lake Hillier matches the composition and type of other pink lakes that are known.
But you're right, no one has yet done a specific analysis of what generates Hillier's pink hue, therefore unlike all the other pink lakes that have been studied, this one could be due to magic I suppose.
Turborama
(22,109 posts)That's a ridiculous assertion.
Pink Lake (the one you said gives an explanation):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink_Lake_(Western_Australia)
Lake Hillier:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Hillier
Nature (and life, for that matter) is still full of mysteries, that doesn't mean it's full of magic.
Tyrs WolfDaemon
(2,289 posts)If it is not Pepto-Bismol perhaps it is a lake of Klingon Blood.
Callmecrazy
(3,065 posts)but I'm sure you're right. The only explanation that makes sense.