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Published: 2014-08-13 22:50:49 +0000 UTC; Views: 402; Favourites: 28; Downloads: 0
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Description Salt marsh, Camargue, France.

The red color is due to the presence in the water of the brine shrimp Artemia salina and the algae Dunaliella salina. When the salt concentration is very high, the shrimps die and the seaweed proliferates, coloring water in that red tint.
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Comments: 9

BigBlueSkyFotos [2014-09-26 14:46:17 +0000 UTC]

well made image!

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Oaken-shield In reply to BigBlueSkyFotos [2014-09-26 16:22:13 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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mylittlebluesky [2014-09-26 14:04:40 +0000 UTC]

This looks like a dream.

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Oaken-shield In reply to mylittlebluesky [2014-09-26 16:22:45 +0000 UTC]

Yes indeed! Thanks.

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jennystokes [2014-08-15 15:05:11 +0000 UTC]

Excellent.
We love not far away.

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Oaken-shield In reply to jennystokes [2014-08-15 17:13:40 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! I imagine you wanted to say you live not far away It's a beautiful region anyway!

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jennystokes In reply to Oaken-shield [2014-08-16 11:14:14 +0000 UTC]

Yes! I did.

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globert [2014-08-14 18:12:08 +0000 UTC]

The salt factory !! :happymeat:

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Oaken-shield In reply to globert [2014-08-14 22:54:17 +0000 UTC]

Indeed.  

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