Although it is quite a few years since I was in that area, John
It was a pinkish colour
I first saw it over fifty years ago, and at that time, I was led to believe that it only turned pink, in certain times of the year
Bill B said
01:12 PM Nov 18, 2017
It wasn't pink when I saw it in 2013.
mr glassies said
04:07 PM Nov 18, 2017
Not pink today . And dirty grey sky's .
Sorry don't like towns only reason we're staying in town is for convenience of fridge tec
Dibs
Aussie said
05:35 PM Nov 18, 2017
There was an article on ABC's 2 pm news a little while ago. Apparently the building of bridges and roads has robbed it of it's salt supply, and the locals hope it will be back to PINK fairly soon . That will save a bucket of money on changing all the signs and shop names etc, etc, etc.
rockylizard said
06:10 PM Nov 18, 2017
Gday...
The article in the link suggests -
"Salt mining and roads blamed for colour change Conservation experts believe the fate of Pink Lake was sealed years ago when a highway and rail line cut off the natural flow of water into the salt lake system. Super saline conditions are needed to support the green algae that accumulates the beta-carotene pigment, the same pigment that colours carrots, which turned the lake pink."
Cheers - John
Cupie said
10:15 PM Nov 18, 2017
We saw it 'in the pink' many years ago. Got pictures somewhere. or maybe an old video.
travelinglew said
09:06 AM Nov 19, 2017
Many of the salt lakes around Esperance, Lake King, Lake Grace, Kulin and that whole salt lake country have lakes both pink and green. The only real reason that the one in Esperance came to the front of the pack is because it was publicized.
Meredith said
09:39 AM Nov 19, 2017
When we were there last year only part of the lake had a slight pink tinge, it was certainly not pink like some other lakes we had seen around WA.
Gday...
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-11-18/famous-esperance-pink-lake-fades-leaving-tourists-confused/9161964
Cheers - John
It was a pinkish colour
I first saw it over fifty years ago, and at that time, I was led to believe that it only turned pink, in certain times of the year
Sorry don't like towns only reason we're staying in town is for convenience of fridge tec
Dibs
Gday...
The article in the link suggests -
"Salt mining and roads blamed for colour change
Conservation experts believe the fate of Pink Lake was sealed years ago when a highway and rail line cut off the natural flow of water into the salt lake system.
Super saline conditions are needed to support the green algae that accumulates the beta-carotene pigment, the same pigment that colours carrots, which turned the lake pink."
Cheers - John
We saw it 'in the pink' many years ago. Got pictures somewhere. or maybe an old video.