Salt Production

LAC ROSE, SENEGAL

The water at Lake Retba, known as Lac Rose is supersaturated, and there salt can be gathered from underneath the water. In the hot sun, the salt crystallizes on the surface of the water and then sinks to the bottom, forming a thick crust. Tinted pink when it’s first harvested, the salt looks white after it has spent a few days in the sun drying out.