Known for its colorful pink hues and rich salt deposits, Lake Retba, or Lac Rose, is a driving force of Senegal’s economy. But extracting salt from a hypersaline lake comes with its fair share of risks for local miners.<\/p>\n
00:00 – Introduction
\n01:06 – Salt Mining in Lake Retba
\n03:11 – Why Is Lake Retba So Salty \u2013 And Pink?
\n04:06 – Collecting & Piling The Salt
\n04:51 – Transporting 55-Pound Basins Of Salt
\n06:06 – The Physical Toll of Salt Mining
\n06:54 – History of Senegal’s Salt Industry
\n07:29 – Senegal’s Colorful Salt Wells
\n08:16 – The ‘Salt Queen’ of Fatick
\n08:57 – Adding Iodine to Salt in West Africa
\n09:41 – Salt Production Around The World
\n11:02 – How Flooding Impacted Lake Retba
\n11:53 – Urbanization & Lake Retba’s Ecology
\n12:55 – A Way of Life in Senegal<\/p>\n
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