#ThisYearIMustVisit: Pink Lakes Around The World

I bet many of you have never even thought nature could throw up anything remotely close to a pink lake. I mean, no one has really ever heard a question at a trivia that asked why a body of water is pink - like we get for the now infamous "why is ocean water blue" one. Well, as it turns out, there are a number of lakes around the world with pink water.

If that isn't totally rad, I don't know what is.

Ever swam in a pink lake? No? Okay, I didn't think you had. Bucket list stuff. If you're looking to remedy that, this post is for you. The following lakes below all have a unique trait - their water is pink!

Pink Lake, Australia

Even though this lake is blatantly dubbed Pink Lake, it is however not always pink. It only turns pink at high temperatures when the sunlight blends with the salt and the algae in the lake. So, on a typical summer afternoon, the lake should be bright pink and make for an epic spectacle.

2. Lake Retbah, Senegal

This lake is reported to have up to 40% salinity - and we know what that yields when sunlight heats it up with the surrounding algae, yeah? Pink Lake.

3. Dusty Rosa Lake, Canada

For a lake with apparently no salinity or no algae, it is kind of a mystery how its water is pink. One thing though, being the beautiful site that it is, the air of mystery around why it is pink isn't exactly keeping tourists from thronging to the site every now and again.

4. Salina de Torrevieja, Spain

Torreviega is a seaside city whose inhabitants are predominantly involved in mining and fishing. Although the lake salt content isn't exactly high, the lake is inexplicably (at least to many) pink. Tourists come here to bask in the sights and the water.

5. Masazir Lake, Azerbaijan

This lake is undoubtedly pink as a result of its salinity. The water has been harnessed for so long by the locals to yield millions of tons of salt.