Evocative aerial shots of the pink waters of the Camargue river delta near Arles in southern France by Paolo Pettigiani, of which he sez:
The pink water comes from a pink algae (Dunaliella Salina) which lives in it. This pink algae can exist in just about any kind of natural body of saltwater and is the main source of nutrition for another common resident of saltwater: a miniscule shrimp called the artémias salina.
Dolphins swimming through bioluminescent algae off the coast of Newport, California, filmed by photographer Patrick Coyne who described the experience as ‘one of the most magical nights of my life”.
He also captured some bioluminescent waves crashing onto the beach.
Lake Retba (Lac Rose) north east of Dakar in Senegal has a very high salt content (akin to that of The Dead Sea) which provides ideal conditions for the proliferation of Dunaliella salina – micro-algae whose presence makes the water appear pink.
