Why Is This Lake PINK?

While taking a closer look at the features of East Africa for my last video, I happened upon an interesting site. Not too far to the northwest of Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa's tallest mountains, there lies a lake with an unbelievably but also undeniably pink lake. Today, we're getting to the bottom of why and how this peculiarity exists, and what it's implications are beyond Earth. Support me on Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/atlaspro Follow me on twitter @theatlaspro Select Music From: https://soundcloud.com/atlas-pro-music "Deliberate Thought" by Kevin Macleod Sources / Further Reading: https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/6446/lake-natron-tanzania https://bio.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Introductory_and_General_Biology/Book%3A_General_Biology_(Boundless)/5%3A_Structure_and_Function_of_Plasma_Membranes/5.2%3A_Passive_Transport/5.2E%3A_Osmosis https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1224875/ http://www.fao.org/3/ab728e/ab728e06.htm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Natron#/media/File:Lake_Natron_(Tanzania)_%E2%80%93_2017-03-06_(very_early_in_rainy_season)_%E2%80%93_satellite_image_(cropped).jpg https://microbiologysociety.org/publication/past-issues/real-superheroes/article/the-immortal-halophilic-superhero-i-halobacterium-salinarum-i-a-long-lived-poly-extremophile.html https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/agricultural-and-biological-sciences/karyorelictea