The pink appearance of the North Arm of the Great Salt Lake looks quite different from the typical blue-green water seen near the Marina.
BOX ELDER COUNTY, Utah — Out near the Spiral Jetty, where you can only hear the wind and your thoughts, lies a part of the Great Salt Lake many visitors are surprised to see.
"I've heard of pink lakes in Africa and other continents, but not here, not in Utah," Keslerbayles said. "These archaea use pink or purple protein that capture light and turn that into energy. One of the two main reasons that the lake is pink is because of all these archaea," Parrott said.
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