With the mouth of the Hutt River to the south, this lagoon is also salty, although for different reasons compared to the first two. The salty water comes from the proximity of the Indian Ocean.
The pink hue is as a result of the algae in the water. Lying on Australia’s west coast, a huge percentage of the surface is made up of dry salt due to the high levels of evaporation.
Painting is an ancient medium and even with the introduction of photography, film and digital technology, it still has remained a persistent mode of expression. So many paintings have been limned over dozens of millennia that only a relatively small percentage of them could be construed as "timeless classics" that have become familiar to the public—and not coincidentally produced by some of the most famous artists of all time. We, of course, have our opinion of what makes the grade and we present them here in our list of the best paintings of all time.
