Lake is stained to the color pink. The reason for this color has not yet been clarified. This color is permanent, even following the entry of water into a container In the mid-twentieth century, scientists have studied the composition of water in the lake wanting to find out what causes the lake takes on the color pink. At first it was thought that the color of algae that produce such Dunaliella salina, which produce a red dye, but their conjecture is not confirmed. In the early years of the twentieth century was mined salt from the lake, but after 6 years of mining operation was abandoned
On the southern coast of Australia is a group of over 100 islands known as the Recherche Archipelago. On one of these, Middle Island, among the lush forests, is shiny lake. It looks like a giant footprint on the green carpet, surrounded by white sand.
It has 600 m in diameter and is relatively shallow. From the deep blue waters of the Indian Ocean is divided by only a narrow strip of scrub, sand dunes and white sand. Once the salt is mined from it, but abandoned it many years ago.