Facts about Lake Hillier- The Pink Lake
Lake Hillier is a saline lake in the Middle Island, the largest of the islands in the Recherche Archipelago in the Goldfields-Esperance region, south coast of Western Australia.
The lake has a distinct pink color which is very easily noticeable. A very small land mass separates it from the Southern Ocean.
The pink color of the water is permanent and the color doesn't alter even if the water is taken in a container.
From the air it looks bubble gum pink and is a very beautiful sight to behold.
The Lake was first visited and recorded by Captain Mathew Flinders, an English navigator and cartographer, who was the leader of the first circumnavigation of Australia and identified it as a continent.
It is reported the Flinders named the lake after William Hillier, his fellow crew member.
The only life form in the lake are microorganisms including Dunaliella salina, which causes the salt content in the lake to create a red dye helping to produce the colour, as well as red halophilic bacteria present in the salt crusts.
Despite the strangeness, the water has shown no probable adverse effects on humans.
