Video: The Giant Mosaic: Colorful Ponds on the San Francisco Bay Area
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
On the coast of the bay San Francisco there are numerous multi-colored ponds, the color of which varies from lilac to bright green. You can appreciate the full scale and magnificence of this phenomenon only from the airplane window: from such a height, the ponds resemble either giant stained glass windows or an exhibition of abstractionists.
All these numerous multi-colored bodies of water belong to the company Cargill, Inc., one of the world leaders in the food industry, and are used to extract salt from sea or ocean waters. Under the influence of the sun, moisture in ponds evaporates, and salt settles. Over the course of five years, water is distilled from one reservoir to another until all the side minerals are washed out, and a layer of salt 15-20 centimeters thick remains at the bottom.
Bright palette of colors evaporation ponds in San Francisco - the phenomenon is not man-made, but entirely natural. Such a variety of shades appears due to the vigorous activity of microorganisms living in the water. Each type of bacteria that inhabits ponds prefers a certain degree of salinity of water and begins to proliferate as soon as favorable conditions develop.
Multicolored ponds in San Francisco Bay Is not just a freak of nature, serving only to entertain passengers during their flight over the bay. A rich ecosystem has developed around these bodies of water, including over a million coastal and seabirds. In addition, microorganisms have a good effect on the quality of the water, which also affects the quality of the salt produced.
The Bay of San Francisco is not the only place on Earth where you can find bodies of water of unusual colors. For example, not far from Dakar there is a lake known as Lac-Rose, the water in it is an amazing pale pink hue. Residents living in the neighborhood with such natural wonders can both envy and sympathize, because it is not recommended to swim in such reservoirs.
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