#LAKE NATRON BIRDS SKIN#

It seems like living animals turned to stone instantly on hitting the lake. It can very easily chemically burn animals not adapted to the sodium carbonate-rich conditions.īut when animals die and end up in the water, something odd happens. The waters can reach temperatures as high as 140 degrees Fahrenheit. The water's alkalinity comes from the sodium carbonate and other minerals that flow into the lake from the surrounding hills.

#LAKE NATRON BIRDS SKIN#

The alkaline water in Lake Natron has a pH as high as 10.5 and is so caustic it can burn the skin and eyes of animals that aren't adapted to it. The water comes from mineral hot springs and a river, but the lake doesn't drain out to any sea or river. Lake Natron is one of two alkaline lakes in that area of East Africa. Even it is compared with Laguna Colorada of Bolivia.īut, the danger is hidden behind the beauty. The color varies from orange to red, to pink and is produced by the bacteria and other microorganisms. The rare red color makes Lake Natron very unique. The beauty of Natron is really incomparable. Nature forced them to be transformed into this form. The birds appear to have been preserved almost perfectly, feathers and all. Arriving there you will see the shores of this lake are covered with thousands of intact petrified bird and animal corpses that have washed ashore. The lake basin is approximately 65 km long, and 22 km wide although on average only 20% of this is ever covered by water. It is one of the most serene lakes in Africa. The ghastly salt Lake Natron lies in northern Tanzania, near the border with Kenya. Is it magic or folktale? No, it is real and there are scientific reasons behind. But in the lake, who made it? Actually, it’s not an artificial statue, it was alive. A bird statue lies at a dead tree branch in the lake area, it seems like someone has made it.

Lake natron birds