And the Winner is....
Well, that was the north end of the Great Salt Lake. In the more saline north arm of the lake, Dunaliella salina dominates and this species produces beta-carotene in such large quantity that the water becomes quite red in color.
The red color is only in the area where the lake is supper shallow and the sun gets that bacteria to bloom in a big way. Pretty cool, eh?
Did you know that 55% of the plovers west of the Mississippi migrate through the Great Salt Lake?
The red color is only in the area where the lake is supper shallow and the sun gets that bacteria to bloom in a big way. Pretty cool, eh?
Did you know that 55% of the plovers west of the Mississippi migrate through the Great Salt Lake?
posted by SA at 9:59 PM
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