Amazing Lake Tuz (Central Turkey)
Natural color of large salt lake! Lake Tuz is one of the largest salt lakes in the world and is the second largest lake in Turkey (over 600 square miles) although its average depth is less than two feet! The color in the image results from the angle of the sun, the shallow depth and the high salinity of the water. At times algae turns the lake pink. The lake is located southeast of Ankara and northwest of Konya in a predominately dry region. More than half of the salt used in Turkey comes from the three salt mines on the lake.
Amazing Lake Tuz (Central Turkey)
Natural color of large salt lake! Lake Tuz is one of the largest salt lakes in the world and is the second largest lake in Turkey (over 600 square miles) although its average depth is less than two feet! The color in the image results from the angle of the sun, the shallow depth and the high salinity of the water. At times algae turns the lake pink. The lake is located southeast of Ankara and northwest of Konya in a predominately dry region. More than half of the salt used in Turkey comes from the three salt mines on the lake.