How is lake retba pink

Extraction of the salt is very labor intensive and usually done by men. They cover themselves in shea butter to protect their skin from the corrosive water before swimming out and breaking the salt crust on the lake bed with long sticks. The salt is then collected with shovels or by diving down and taking it by hand.

The harvest is ferried back to shore on a pirogue traditional boat where women wait to carry it to drying piles by the lakeside. Each salt collector uses his own initials to mark his drying piles and bags, weighing around 25 kg each and fetching CFA francs depending on the current market price. Lake Retba or Lac Rose as it is known by locals is separated only by some narrow dunes from the Atlantic Ocean and, as expected its salt content is very high.

Its salinity content compares to that of the Dead Sea and during the dry season it exceeds it. The bacteria produces a red pigment in order to absorb the sunlight, thus giving the lake its unique colour. Vintage helicopters, ziplines, private flying safaris offer new, spectacular views of wildlife and rugged terrain. Uganda clerics: Is gay OK? Photojournalist Daniella Zalcman asked Uganda's religious leaders their views on homosexuality.

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