The lake is the only regular breeding area in East Africa for the 2.5 million Lesser Flamingoes. Lake Natron is a salt lake located in northern Tanzania, close to the Kenyan border, in the eastern branch of the East African Rift.
The soda and salt causes the creatures to calcify, perfectly preserved, as they dry,” Brandt writes in his new photo/essay book, Across The Ravaged Land. Lake Natron - soda lake located in northern Tanzania. 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. According to Brandts new book, Across the Ravaged Land, Lake Natron in northern Tanzania is a death trap for birds and bats who appear to slam into it due to its surfaces extremely reflective nature. Apart from Lesser Flamingo there are other birds like Greater flamingos, Pelican, storks. “I unexpectedly found the creatures - all manner of birds and bats - washed up along the shoreline of Lake Natron in Northern Tanzania. The Lake attract visitors for being surrounded by beautiful Landscapes. Photographer Nick Brandt’s eerie black and white photos allow both interpretations. The other animals that can be spotted on the shores of Lake Natron includes the zebra, ostrich, fringed, eared Oryx, gazelles, lesser kudu as well as the golden. It may look like this bird was gripped by the icy hand of death, but scientists will explain that it was actually calcified in the caustic waters of Tanzania’s Lake Natron. More info: Nick Brandt (h/t: discovermagazine) The lake is fed by mineral hot springs and a river, but no water flows out except through evaporation. Tanzania’s Lake Natron takes its name from the naturally occurring mix of chemicals it contains: mainly sodium carbonate decahydrate (soda ash) and sodium bicarbonate (baking soda). Lake Natron is the only significant and regular breeding site for the East-African population of Lesser Flamingo ( Phoeniconaias minor) which is categorized as Near Threatened by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red list of Threatened Species, mainly because of interest in soda ash mining at Lake Natron. This lake is so creepy, its hard to believe that it really does exist.
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