![]() ![]() Other than serving as a breeding area for the endangered Lesser Flamingo and as a home to certain kinds of algae and bacteria, Lake Natron is inhospitable to life.īlood-red from the bacteria that live in it, the salt lake is steaming hot, with?temperatures that can reach up to 140 degrees Fahrenheit, according to the New Scientist. 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. Approaching the shoreline of?Lake Natron?in Tanzania,?photographer Nick Brandt?faced an eerie sight: There, lying on the earth as still and stiff as statues, were calcified corpses of a variety of birds and bats that had met their untimely demise after crashing into the deadly waters. ![]()
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