NASA Captures Maharashtra’s Lonar Lake That Turned Pink Mysteriously, Know Why 50,000 Years Old Crater Lake Changed Its Colour

A lake which had modified its color to pink in Maharashtra had earlier grabbed headlines. Lonar lake which was shaped after a meteorite hit the Earth some 5,000 years in the past had turned into pink. Specialists had then stated the color was as a result of salinity and presence of algae within the water. Residents have been stunned when it modified colors from inexperienced to pink. NASA Earth Observatory had captured pictures of the practically 50,000-year-old lake on Might 25 after which once more on June 10. Whereas scientists usually are not positive concerning the crater lake color altering behaviours, they’ve some theories. Lonar Crater Lake Water Turns Purple, Uncommon Colour Leaves Forest Officers Puzzled in Maharashtra’s Buldhana District, View Pics.

The lake is situated round 500 km from Mumbai in Buldhana district. The lake has made it a preferred vacationer hub and in addition attracts scientists from everywhere in the world. For many years, the lake was a deep bluish-green color and water within the lake is extremely alkaline and salty. Lonar Lake Water Turns Pink, NEERI to Go to Maharashtra’s Buldhana District to Analyse the Cause.

NASA says of the crater, “India’s Lonar Crater started inflicting confusion quickly after it was recognized in 1823 by a British officer named C.J.E. Alexander. Lonar Crater sits contained in the Deccan Plateau—an enormous plain of volcanic basalt rock leftover from eruptions some 65 million years in the past. Its location on this basalt subject urged to some geologists that it was a volcanic crater. Immediately, nonetheless, Lonar Crater is known to outcome from a meteorite influence that occurred between 35,000 and 50,000 years in the past.”

Lonar Lake in Maharashtra Change in Colour Captured by NASA:

James Andrews of AccuWeather explains, “My hunch is that this lake has periodic pink algal blooms, perhaps not in contrast to alkali lakes in East Africa and even ‘pink tides’ within the sea. One other risk – much more speculative as I’m not a chemist by commerce – is the formation of finely suspended iron oxide, or hydroxide, particles because of some sort of chemical or pH change.”

In a video posted on Maharashtra Tourism’s Twitter, geologist Gajanan Kharat stated the lake has modified colors earlier than, however the latest change was notably totally different. Kharat stated, “Salinity within the lake has elevated because the water stage has gone down drastically this yr and it has turn into hotter too leading to overgrowth of algae. This alga turns reddish in hotter temperatures and therefore the lake turned pink in a single day.” Lonar Crater Lake in Maharashtra’s Buldhana Mysteriously Turns Pink, Specialists And Locals Stunned by Unusual Phenomenon (View Pics)

Watch Geologist Gajanan Kharat Speaking About Lonar Lake:

Just lately, when it modified, officers from the state forest division collected water samples to know the precise explanation for the color change. In the meantime, Bombay excessive courtroom additionally ordered that environmental specialists submit a report on the findings from the lake’s floor and water samples from a close-by dam.

Nevertheless, some speculate that the change in hue could also be associated to the lockdown which was imposed in India on account of COVID-19 pandemic. However, Madan Suryavashi, head of the geography division at Maharashtra’s Babasaheb Ambedkar College, advised AFP that isn’t potential. Australia’s Lake Hillier can be pink in color owing to Halobacteriaceae, a pink-coloured microorganism which works in water with excessive salinity. However NASA says that the pink color doesn’t change incessantly.

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