Red Borax River
“Surrealism is destructive, but it destroys only what it considers to be shackles limiting our vision.” Salvador Dalí .
Sometimes what we perceive as real is actually surreal, while what we see as surreal is actually real. A red river runs past white islands of borax salt (sodium borate) in Laguna Colorada. The red and orange colours in the lake are from pigmentation in algae which grows in the borax rich water. The tiny little pink speckles in the back part of the lake are thousands of flamingos. The lake sits high (4278m or 14035ft) in the Bolivian Altiplano in the Andes. Eduardo Avaroa National Reserve. Bolivia.
Taken on a Canon EOS 50D with a Sigma 70-200mm f/2.8 EX DG APO OS HSM at ISO 400, 70.0 mm (110.9 mm in 35mm), f/10 and 1/1250s exposure time. I took this shot from a moving 4WD which is why the super fast exposure time for a landscape shot.
Rob Downie
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AWESOME shot.
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Very nice
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Wow! This is unreal.
Thanks !
Nature is full of wonders.
Yes it is indeed !
wow, beautiful colours in this photo. really striking. resteemed and upvoted. :)
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Love that Dali quote! Image is great.
Yes its a nice quote. Makes you think about what shackles we have that need destroying.
Beautiful!
Thanks ;-)
Pink color of flamingo is due to pigment of shellfish.
The color of this river is also influence of shellfish?
You can also get carotenoids such as canthaxanthin from algae (which is where the shellfish and crustaceans ultimatly get them from I guess when they eat plankton). Salmon also get the same pink colour from these carotenoids , and farmed salmon are fed certain types of algae to make their flesh pink for this reason.
Thank you very much.
I learned a lot.
I was surprised that the salmon was the same.
I appreciate your deep knowledge
No the colour of the river (which is really just a channel in the lake) is due to an Algae that lives on the borax salt rich water.
Dude that's an amazing shot!! You captured the surreal quality of the landscape perfectly! Cheers
Thanks. Appreciate your kind support on this one.