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  Old 06-22-2009, 09:03 AM canarymoon is offline     #2 (permalink)  
 
Why is the sand pink?

The beach sand is made up of pulverized sea shells... anad around Bermuda (as in several other places) there proximity of coral reefs to the shore means that a lot of this shells are red, orange, or pinkish in color. This includes coralmullosks, and clams.
 
 
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