{"id":6656,"date":"2013-05-10T17:46:32","date_gmt":"2013-05-10T17:46:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.boatcoversdirect.com\/boat-lovers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/article-2153984-136CE2DD000005DC-548_964x508.jpg"},"modified":"2013-05-10T17:46:32","modified_gmt":"2013-05-10T17:46:32","slug":"article-2153984-136ce2dd000005dc-548_964x508","status":"inherit","type":"attachment","link":"https:\/\/www.boatcoversdirect.com\/boat-lovers\/resources\/naturally-occurring-pink-lakes\/attachment\/article-2153984-136ce2dd000005dc-548_964x508\/","title":{"rendered":"Lake Retba"},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":[],"class_list":["post-6656","attachment","type-attachment","status-inherit","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Lake Retba - Boat Lovers Direct<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boatcoversdirect.com\/boat-lovers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/article-2153984-136CE2DD000005DC-548_964x508.jpg\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Lake Retba - Boat Lovers Direct\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"***EXCLUSIVE*** LAKE RETBA, SENEGAL &#8211; UNDATED: Aerial photograph of salt-collecting boats on Lake Retba, Senegal. 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The wooden vessels were photographed from the air bobbing on Lake Retba, in Senegal, west Africa. From above the mass of water &#8211; which spans one square mile &#8211; looks a creamy pink colour. And just like the Dead Sea, swimmers can float on the water with ease. The bizarre colour is caused by high levels of salt &#8211; with some areas containing up to 40 per cent salt content.<\/p>\n<p>PHOTOGRAPH BY SPL \/ Barcroft Media<\/p>\n<p>UK Office, London.<br \/>\nT +44 845 370 2233<br \/>\nW www.barcroftmedia.com<\/p>\n<p>USA Office, New York City.<br \/>\nT +1 212 796 2458<br \/>\nW www.barcroftusa.com<\/p>\n<p>Indian Office, Delhi.<br \/>\nT +91 11 4053 2429<br \/>\nW www.barcroftindia.com<\/p>\n"},"caption":{"rendered":"<p>***EXCLUSIVE*** LAKE RETBA, SENEGAL &#8211; UNDATED: Aerial photograph of salt-collecting boats on Lake Retba, Senegal. A BOAT docked next to huge sand dunes made of salt. 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