Yuncheng Lake in China’s Shanxi Province is currently quite colorful. Also known as the China Dead Sea because of its high salinity, the water in the salt lake divided by the road is yellow, orange, pink, purple, green or brownish. Micro-organisms are responsible for this.
Unlike the Dead Sea, plants and animals can survive in the approximately 130 square kilometer Yuncheng Lake. For the different colored water, certain types of algae that multiply depending on the salinity in the different parts and depending on the temperature, making it more colored. Pink microbes like to roam around in particularly salty water. The blue pools are less salty. Here you will find other microbes that color the water green.
In summer, the lake, which has been used to produce salt for thousands of years, is more colorful when rising temperatures accelerate algae growth, causing microorganisms to create a variety of hues in different parts of the water body.
According to Guo Sanniu, a retired employee of the Yuncheng Salt and Chemical Bureau, the salt concentration is currently higher than normal. The natural spectacle attracts thousands of tourists every year to the lake in southwestern Shanxi province.
Source: Krone
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