As the water evaporates gradually, it leaves behind a high dilution of salt and other chemicals, similar to the minerals present at the Dead Sea and Utah’s Great Salt Lake. Tour 'Grants' Three-day safari in Tarangire, Lake Natron and Ngorongoro National Parks. However, it doesn’t gush out, it could only come out thru evaporation. Tanzania Safari Tours through Lake Natron. “You’d literally get, say, a hundred finches washed ashore in a 50-yard stretch. The horrifying Lake Natron in northern Tanzania happens to be a salt lake, meaning that water runs in. It is located in the Gregory Rift, the eastern branch of the East African. I saw entire flocks of dead birds all washed ashore together, lemming-like,” he says. Lake Natron is a salt or soda lake not far from Lake Manyara in northern Tanzania.
During dry season, Brandt discovered, when the water recedes, the birds’ desiccated, chemically-preserved carcasses wash up along the coastline. Brandt theorizes that the highly-reflective, chemical dense waters act like a glass door, fooling birds into thinking they’re flying through empty space (not long ago, a helicopter pilot tragically fell victim to the same illusion, and his crashed aircraft was rapidly corroded by the lake’s waters). But you don’t need to visit the lake in person to see its stunning, seasonal color.
The lake is mostly inhospitable to life, except for a few species adapted to its warm, salty, and alkaline water.
A swallow © Nick Brandt 2013, Courtesy of Hasted Kraeutler Gallery, NYĪs you might expect, few creatures live in the harsh waters, which can reach 140 degrees Fahreinheit-they’re home to just a single fish species ( Alcolapia latilabris), some algae and a colony of flamingos that feeds on the algae and breeds on the shore.įrequently, though, migrating birds crash into the lake’s surface. Explore a magical landscape Located in the northeast of Tanzania, the wild and remote Lake Natron is one of the most alkaline in the world and is home to. Lake Natron, Tanzania MaJPEG MaNot many people venture near the shores of Lake Natron in northern Tanzania.
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