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Trip around the world in 63 days, 2003
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We visit the Pink Lakes in the Murray-Sunset national Park. Every salt lake has its own story how it was formed. The previous were formed by the salt crystals blown from the sea for millions of years. These accumulated in the dry area in salt lakes. The pink lakes are quite different. Many million years ago here was a big shallow lake fed by the sea. As the area slowly submerged, new seawater flooded in. The salt crystallized over the years in enormous quantities, forming under earth domes. In these days the domes are slowly dissolved by ground water and on the surface the salt appears. In springtime these areas are lakes, after the hot summer the lakes turn pink by micro organisms and eventually become salt layers. The salt of Lake Hardy has crystals that looks like a million diamonds.