![]() ![]() ![]() The target=''blank uniqueness of Lake Natron prompted Tanzania to add the lake to the Ramsar List of Wetlands of International Importance on July 4, 2001. Depending on rainfall, its alkalinity can approach that of straight ammonia, and when the lake is flooded with water that has heated underground, its temperature can reach a scalding 60 degrees Celsius (140 degrees Fahrenheit). Back to HYPEBEAST Home Spotlights Calendar. ![]() Flamingoes must exercise caution, however, because the lake can turn deadly even to them. The Calcified Animals of Lake Natron, Tanzania: Photographer Nick Brandt has captured these stunning and morbid images of animals that have been. This forbidding environment enables Lake Natron to serve millions of flamingoes as the ideal nursery would-be predators avoid the saline lake and leave young birds in peace. ![]() Volcanic ash from the Great Rift Valley has collected in local lake basins, creating a network of soda lakes hostile to most organisms. The salt crust changes over time, giving the lake a slightly different appearance each time it is photographed by astronauts or imaged by satellites. This beautiful salt lake with reddish crusted salt on the surface is positively otherworldly. This image simulates natural color, showing where the salt-loving microorganisms have colored the lake's salt crust red or pink. This Landsat 8 image shows Lake Natrons colorful. The Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) flying on the Terra satellite captured this image on March 8, 2003. Lake Natron is mostly inhospitable to life, but it is gorgeous to the eye. Spirulina, a blue-green algae with red pigments, passes its pigments along to the target=''_blank Lesser Flamingoes that feed on the algae and raise their young here. An endemic species of fish, the alkaline tilapia, lives along the edges of the hotspring inlets, and the lake actually derives its color from salt-loving microorganisms that thrive in its alkaline waters. This bright red lake is the world's most caustic body of water, but not to everything. Lake Natron, in Africa's Great Rift Valley, practically sends a warning with its color. ![]()
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