19th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Natural World
Alchimy
Flamingos get their pink colors because of the nutriments they’re live on, the Artemia, also known as brine shrimp, which contains a natural pink dye called canthaxanthin, and diatoms and other kind of unicellular microalgea. The white part of the image image is Borax, a alkaline mineral derived from the mixture of a hydrated sodium salt and boric acid.
Photo Detail
Date Taken: | 12.2019 |
Date Uploaded: | 08.2021 |
Photo Location: | Bolivia |
Camera: | Canon EOS-1D Mark IV |
Copyright: | © Olivier Boëls |