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Lake Natron is a soda lake in northern Tanzania with a volcanic geology that maintains the water's pH around 10.5, which is almost as caustic as ammonia. Some life-forms thrive there nevertheless.
The bold question-askers at What If reveal how Lake Natron's extreme chemistry can petrify animals into eerie stone-like ...
Lake Natron: The caustic, blood-red lake in Tanzania that turns animals to 'stone' Pair of 'glowing' lava lakes spotted on Africa's most active volcanoes as they erupt simultaneously; ...
Each of these 25 locations showcases nature's most awe-inspiring creations. The haunting beauty of Lake Natron in Tanzania, ...
Lake Natron is primarily located in Tanzania, but the 56km-long body of water also stretches into Kenya. The isolated lake lays in the shadow of the active 7,650feet-tall Ol Doinyo Lengai - or ...
Aside from corpses, Lake Natron has had a role in preserving history from as far back as 19,000 years. In 2016, geologists found more than 400 human footprints in the mudflat of Lake Natron's shore .
Lesser flamingos feed on Lake Natron with Shompole Volcano in the background. Cinoby/iStock Lake Natron's red color comes from cyanobacteria that photosynthesize into bright red and orange hues as ...
Nick Brandt, well-known for his photography of East Africa’s natural landscape, came across Tanzania’s Lake Natron during his travels. And as his ensuing photos demonstrate, this isn’t any ...
One of the world's weirdest lakes stands out in scarlet in new NASA images. Lake Natron in northern Tanzania is an incredibly alkaline body of water. Its pH is as high as 10.5 — not quite as ...
Lake Natron is a soda lake in northern Tanzania with a volcanic geology that maintains the water's pH around 10.5, which is almost as caustic as ammonia. Some life-forms thrive there nevertheless.
Lake Natron in Tanzania is one of the most serene lakes in Africa, but it's also the source of some of the most phantasmagorical photographs ever captured — images that look as though living ...