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Aerial view of Lake Hillier, Middle Island near Esperance

Red and purple microbes give Australia’s mysterious pink lake its hue

10 March 2022

DNA sequencing has revealed that a bright pink lake on an island off Western Australia gets its colour from a mix of salt-loving bacteria and algae

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