It's hard to believe in this, but even in our time of high technologies and ubiquitous "Internetization", there are still places on the world map that remain if not white spots, then real puzzles for scientists. One of these places is the pink Hiller Lake, snugly hidden in the wild forests of Australia .
Where is the pink lake?
To see firsthand the pink lake Hiller (Hillier or Hillier), you will have to go to the other side of the Earth - to hot and sunny Australia. It is there, in the western part of this continent and hidden one of the wonders of nature - a caramel-pink lake. It should be noted that the appearance on the world map of the Australian pink lake Hiller is due to the famous British explorer and seafarer Matthew Flinders. It was this man who first saw Lake Hiller, climbing a hill, named after him by his name. It happened at the dawn of the 19th century, namely in 1802. A little later this lake was chosen as a place for parking by hunters, fishing for seals and whales. They also left numerous evidence of their activity on the banks of the river - for utensils, buildings and weapons.
A century later Hiller's lake was used as a source of salt, but this practice did not justify itself, being too expensive. To date, the lake is of interest only for a small number of tourists, because getting here is a difficult and expensive task. There are no other ways to do this, except to charter a private jet, which also drives an amateur of interest to the island of Middle, which is part of the archipelago of Recherche. Those who still venture to get here, will open an amazing sight - a huge 600-meter candy, lying in the midst of dark green forests. Particularly interesting and attractive is the edging made of snow-white sand covering the shores of the lake. In addition to the unusual coloring, the water in Lake Hiller is different and high in salt, so it will be easy to arrange a swim even for novice swimmers. Although the color of water differs from the usual, but you can safely bathe in it - no harm to human health, it can not.
Why is Hiller Hill in Astralia pink?
Of course, anyone who sees this amazing pink water body in person or on the photo can not help but wonder why Lake Hiller in Australia has such an amazing coloring? And in fact, what caused the pink color of the water? As you know, Lake Hiller is not the only one in the world that has a color that is far from the usual color. In addition to it, Rosetta Retba Lake in Senegal, Lake Masazir in Azerbaijan, Laguna Hatt in Australia, Lake Torrevieja in Spain can also boast pink waters. After a series of studies, scientists have discovered that the water in them acquires a pink color due to the presence in it of special red algae, which in the process of life emit a special pigment. So maybe, in the reddening of the waters of Lake Hiller, these same red algae are also to blame? Not at all - in this lake such algae could not be found. And although scientists have put water from the Hiller 1000 and 1 trial, but she stubbornly does not want to reveal her secret. Neither chemical analyzes nor other studies have helped to find anything that could color the water in color, so beloved by girls of all ages. Therefore, to this day, no one knows exactly why the water in this lake is pink. Only one thing is certain - that they do not do it with it - heated, boiled or frozen - its color does not change.
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