Locals use their boats to mine from a bright pink lake which has a salt content of up to 40 percent. /VCG Photo

Lake Retba, known as "Lac Rose" by the French-speaking locals in Dakar, Senegal, West Africa, attracts a species of algae called Dunaliella Salina which turns the water pink. /VCG Photo

The miners sell salt in little bags on the shoreline as well as export it across the entire region. They protect their skin from the salty water with shea butter to prevent tissue damage. /VCG Photo