A saltwater lagoon known as Lake Sasyk-Sivash on Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula is the source of a rare resource: pink salt. The mineral is tinted by tiny algae that produce the pigment beta-carotene. Each autumn, seasonal workers collect thousands of tons of pink salt for processing and export.
In The Pink: Harvesting A Rare Form Of Salt In Crimea
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A worker walks past a wagon as it is loaded with pink sea salt at Lake Sasyk-Sivash, near the city of Yevpatoria, Crimea.
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A salt harvester collects the mineral on the shores of the lake.
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A train drives across the lake bed in a part of the lagoon that has been drained.
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A train driver hauls in a load of salt.
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Laborers work on a partially drained lake bed.
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A mountain of pink salt is collected for processing.
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