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 carrying salt through Lake Burlinskoye in the Siberian region of Altai Krai, close to the border with Kazakhstan.
The train runs on tracks built just below the water’s surface, with the lake’s intense hue helping to give the scene a fantasyland feel.
A stunning drone video 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, close to the border with Kazakhstan
The incredible aerial images were captured by filmmaker Vadim Makhorov
Vadim said: ‘The water turns pink due to small crustaceans and microalgae that breed only in very salty water’
Vadim said: ‘In order to be able to see that famous pink colour of this lake, you need to visit during hot and dry weather.
‘The water turns pink due to small crustaceans and microalgae that breed only in very salty water.
‘The concentration of salt in this lake is 200 grams per one litre.
‘Kitchen salt has been extracted from the lake since 1768, and nowadays the volume of extraction makes up 65,000 tons of salt a year.
‘They literally scrub the lake bottom and bring the mixture of salt and silt into the train, which gets into the water along the railway.
‘When you watch it for the first time, it looks so bizarre!’
Kitchen salt has been extracted from the lake since 1768
In order to be able to see the famous pink colour of this lake, you need to visit during hot and dry weather, Vadim explains
Vadim describes the sight of the train travelling through the lake as ‘so bizarre’
