{"id":14616,"date":"2020-06-24T22:20:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-24T19:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/massive-crater-lake-in-india-suddenly-turns-pink\/"},"modified":"2020-06-24T22:20:00","modified_gmt":"2020-06-24T19:20:00","slug":"massive-crater-lake-in-india-suddenly-turns-pink","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/massive-crater-lake-in-india-suddenly-turns-pink\/","title":{"rendered":"#Massive crater lake in India suddenly turns pink"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Massive crater lake in India suddenly turns pink<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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June 24, 2020 |<\/span> 3:20pm <\/p>\n

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\n The Lonar Lake in India has dramatically shifted its color from a deep green to bright pink in a short period of time.<\/span>
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\n Large bodies of water don\u2019t typically change much over short periods of time. Aside from freezing over in the winter in cooler climates, lakes are typically pretty resilient to change. The iconic Lonar Lake in India is challenging that notion by dramatically shifting its color from a deep green to bright pink in what app<\/a>ears to be a very short period of time.<\/p>\n

The color change was so dramatic that the lake, which sits in a massive meteor crater, is now an even bigger tourist destination than it already was. The best part? Scientists don\u2019t know for sure what caused the rapid change in hue.<\/p>\n

The lake itself is pretty special, and not just because its existence is linked to a meteorite strike. Its location is fairly remote, and the water in the lake is highly alkaline and also very salty. For decades, the lake was a deep bluish-green color, and visitors stopped because the landscape \u2014 specifically the mountainous ring around the edge of the crater \u2014 is just plain cool.<\/p>\n

\u201cIndia\u2019s Lonar Crater began causing confusion soon after it was identified in 1823 by a British officer named C.J.E. Alexander,\u201d NASA says of the crater. \u201cLonar Crater sits inside the Deccan Plateau\u2014a massive plain of volcanic basalt rock leftover from eruptions some 65 million years ago. Its location in this basalt field suggested to some geologists that it was a volcanic crater. Today, however, Lonar Crater is understood to result from a meteorite impact that occurred between 35,000 and 50,000 years ago.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The Lonar Lake in India has dramatically shifted its color from a deep green to bright pink in a short period of time.<\/span>Maharashtra Tourism via Twitter<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Small temples constructed over the course of hundreds of years dot the ring of the crater and the lake. As for wildlife, you won\u2019t find much in the lake itself, as the lake is so salty that it prevents fish species from calling it home. It\u2019s an interesting place, and now that some unseen force has completely changed the color of the lake, it\u2019s even more interesting.<\/p>\n

When a large body of water changes color, it\u2019s typically linked to changes in the microorganisms that exist there. Scientists haven\u2019t nailed down the cause of Lonar Lake\u2019s color swap, but the most plausible theory seems to be that the lake is enduring a strong algae bloom or perhaps a more dramatic shift in its chemical makeup.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy hunch is that this lake has periodic pink algal blooms, maybe not unlike alkali lakes in East Africa and even \u2018red tides\u2019 in the sea,\u201d James Andrews of AccuWeather explains. \u201cAnother possibility \u2013 even more speculative as I am not a chemist by trade \u2013 is the formation of finely suspended iron oxide, or hydroxide, particles as a result of some kind of chemical or pH change.\u201d<\/p>\n

Whatever the case, there will surely be plenty of eyes on the lake to see if it decides to change back, perhaps offering some additional context for its behavior.\n <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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