A stunning drone video has captured a freight train travelling across a pink salt lake.
The incredible aerial images were captured by filmmaker Vadim Makhorov. They show a train transporting salt across Lake Burlinskoye in Siberia’s Altai Krai region, close to the border with Kazakhstan.
The train runs on tracks built just below the surface of the water, and the deep hue of the lake helps give the scene a fantasy feel.
Stunning drone footage has captured a freight train travelling across Lake Burlinskoye, which has a distinctive pink hue.
Lake Burlinskoye is located in the Siberian region of Altai Krai, near the border with Kazakhstan.
The incredible aerial images were captured by filmmaker Vadim Makhorov
Vadim said: ‘The water turns pink because of tiny crustaceans and microalgae that reproduce only in very salty water.’
Vadim said: ‘To see the famous pink colour of this lake, you need to visit it during warm and dry weather.
‘The water turns pink because of small crustaceans and microalgae that reproduce only in very salty water.
‘The salt concentration in this lake is 200 grams per litre.
‘Cooking salt has been extracted from the lake since 1768 and the current extraction volume amounts to 65,000 tonnes of salt per year.
‘They literally scrub the bottom of the lake and carry the mixture of salt and silt to the train, which reaches the water along the railway line.
‘When you first see it it seems so strange!’
Cooking salt has been extracted from the lake since 1768.
To see the famous pink colour of this lake, you need to visit it during warm and dry weather, Vadim explains.
Vadim describes the sight of the train travelling across the lake as “so strange”