A close up of salt crystals photographed on the salt pans of the Walvis Bay Salt Works. In normal ocean water Dunaliella salina doesn't impart pinkness to the water, but in the salt ponds as evaporation causes the remaining water's salt content to increase, the alga prospers and causes a pink algal "bloom." One reason Dunaliella salina thrives in very salty water is that other alga species can't survive in it, allowing Dunaliella salina to take over.

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Size: 6720px × 4750px 56.9cm × 40.2cm - 300dpi
Location: Namibia, Namibia
Photo credit: © Obie Oberholzer / AfriPics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: atlantic ocean, crystals, desert, namib desert, namib desert park, salt, sodium chloride, southern africa, walvis bay, walvis bay nature reserve, walvis bay salt works, namibia