The soda and salt causes the creatures to calcify, perfectly preserved, as they dry.” “The water has an extremely high soda and salt content, so high that it would strip the ink off my Kodak film boxes within a few seconds. “No one knows for certain exactly how die, but it appears that the extreme reflective nature of the lake’s surface confuses them, causing them to crash into the lake,” Brandt writes in his new photo book Across the Ravaged Land. This has given photographer Nick Brandt the opportunity to capture the lakes deadly secret through the lens of his camera and what he shares is horrific. The incredibly salty lake can reach temperatures of 140 F. The lake has an alkaline content similar to that of ammonia.
This beautiful lake holds a deadly secret however, and is almost uninhabitable by all living creatures except a few salt dwelling bacteria and small fish. The lake's temperature can rise to 60 ☌ (140 ☏) in summer! There are also hot springs on its eastern shore.Lake Natron, located in Tanzania, Africa is one of the most beautiful lakes Tanzania has to offer, with serene views and a calm quiet you won’t find many places on this earth. This red tinge to the water can even be seen from space! 6. The water of Lake Natron sometimes turns red (or orange-red) because of the algae that thrives in its hypersaline environment. The lake is actually the largest breeding ground in the world for lesser flamingoes! 5. Flamingoes thrive where others perishįlamingos aren't negatively affected by the bacteria in Lake Natron that harms most other birds. This is a good environment for the growth of a kind of bacteria that damages the innards of the organisms that drink it. Lake Natron contains large salt, soda and magnesite deposits. Because the water coming into the lake leaches through the volcanic material of nearby Mt Ol Doinyo Lengai, the lake’s water is highly alkaline. The lake has no outlets, and receives most of its water from springs and episodic streams. Lake Natron receives only 400 mm of rain a year, and much of that is ‘phantom rain’ – rain that evaporates before hitting the surface.
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