Why Is This Lake PINK?

While taking a closer look at the features of East Africa for my last video, I happened upon an interesting site. Not too far to the northwest of Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa s tallest mountains, there lies a lake with an unbelievably but also undeniably pink lake. Today, we re getting to the bottom of why and how this peculiarity exists, and what it s implications are beyond Earth. Support me on Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/atlaspro Follow me on twitter @theatlaspro Select Music From: https://soundcloud.com/atlas-pro-music "Deliberate Thought" by Kevin Macleod Sources / Further Reading: https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/6446/lake-natron-tanzania https://bio.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Introductory_and_General_Biology/Book%3A_General_Biology_(Boundless)/5%3A_Structure_and_Function_of_Plasma_Membranes/5.2%3A_Passive_Transport/5.2E%3A_Osmosis https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1224875/ http://www.fao.org/3/ab728e/ab728e06.htm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Natron#/media/File:Lake_Natron_(Tanzania)_%E2%80%93_2017-03-06_(very_early_in_rainy_season)_%E2%80%93_satellite_image_(cropped).jpg https://microbiologysociety.org/publication/past-issues/real-superheroes/article/the-immortal-halophilic-superhero-i-halobacterium-salinarum-i-a-long-lived-poly-extremophile.html https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/agricultural-and-biological-sciences/karyorelictea