![]() ![]() “You’d literally get, say, a hundred finches washed ashore in a 50-yard stretch. I saw entire flocks of dead birds all washed ashore together, lemming-like,” he says. The British photographer Nick Brandt immortalized their remains, posing them with a truly disturbing. undergo a natural embalming process, becoming similar to statues. Photographer Nick Brandt, however, has captured a mesmerizing. Don’t let the ring of salty marshes along the edge of Lake Natron fool you: this body of water is one of the most inhospitable areas on Earth We are in Monduli, Tanzania. During dry season, Brandt discovered, when the water recedes, the birds’ desiccated, chemically-preserved carcasses wash up along the coastline. The grim reaper is a humanoid representation of death that is familiar to almost everyone. ![]() Fed by the Southern Ewaso Ng’iro River plus a number of mineral-rich hot springs, the entire lake is less than three metres deep and, at its fullest, is. 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). Located in the Arusha Region of Tanzania, sitting below the Ol Doinyo Lengai volcano within the Gregory Rift, Lake Natron is a beautiful yet sinister wonder of nature. Lake Natron, in Northern Tanzania, has highly alkaline waters that transform any animals that touch it into morbid calcified statues. Another identifier for it is that it is situated in the Gregory Rift which is itself part of the Eastern arm of the East African Rift caused by tectonic plate movement. 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. It is found more specifically, in the Ngorongoro District of the Arusha Region in Tanzania. Bright-red Lake Natron in Tanzania may not look inviting enough to take a dip and thats a good thing: its water is extremely alkaline. FACT: Lake Natron in Tanzania turns animals into statues because of its high concentration of natron. 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. Lake Natron is an alkaline saltwater lake found in Tanzania.
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