Case file · High strangeness
Lonar crater lake turns pink
In June 2020 the saline lake in Lonar crater, Maharashtra, a meteorite impact basin about 50,000 years old, turned pink within days, prompting talk of omens.
2020 CE · 19.98, 76.51 · status: explained
The sceptical view
The Agharkar Research Institute traced the colour to salt-loving Haloarchaea that bloomed as the water level dropped and salinity rose.