The villagers helped others to arrive on land.ĭo you know what to do If you were ever fallen into the toxic waters in Lake Natron? First, you have to keep your head above the water. At that moment one passenger managed to make it to the near Masai village. The pilot was with a broken leg and the video producer had a broken hip and cuts on his face. In 2007 a helicopter crashed into the lake while flying with a group of wildlife videographers. Have anyone fallen into the Lake Natron? The answer is yes. Flamingos in Lake Natron Helicopter crash on the Lake Natron Also, they have strong stomachs that allow them to feed on the toxic alga in the lake. They can find water from near lakes and geysers moreover, they have a special gland in their nasal cavities that can filter the salty water of the Lake Natron. they can walk in shallow ends of the lake as they have scaly hard and long legs. They use the islands on the lake as their breeding areas as no predator can come across the lake.įlamingos have adapted to the harsh environment of Lake natron. When you look at the middle of the lake there are hundreds and thousands of flamingos in the lake. If you thought so, flamingos have proved you wrong. Situated near an active volcano, bearing water that can fluctuate from 41 to 60 degrees Celsius and being able to turn any animal into a stone, you may think Lake Natron has no living creatures. Those microorganisms can bring a red color to the lake water. The most acceptable one is that there is an alga called Halo archaea which is red. One is that the color is coming from Natron lava mixed with the water. There are two main theories about the red hue in the water of Lake Natron. Because the high alkaline levels of Lake Natron stop the decomposition process. Even after hundreds of years, you will have your hair and organs in your body. And you will be preserved just like a mummy. But if you stay submerged in the water your body will be hardened. But you would not be turning into a stone immediately. So if you fell into this lake you will get third-degree burns in five seconds or less. When animals fall into this lake they die and get calcified.įurthermore, the water of Lake Natron hits 60 degrees Celsius in the dry season. With this combination of chemicals, the waters of the lake reach 10.5 PH. When the ingredients of Natrocarbonatite are mixed with water, it turns into a liquid used in Egypt to mummify dead bodies. This special kind of lava is known as Natrocarbonatite or Natron. This volcano produces a rare kind of lava enriched with sodium and potassium Bicarbonate. Moreover, this lake has another recourse of salt which is the active volcano located near the lake. So the water of this lake is very alkaline. And when this happens lots of water evaporates leaving salts in the lake. This means the only way the lake loses the water is through evaporation. It does not have a way to drain its water. Just like the dead sea lake Natron only has an inflow. Why are all the animals turned into stones?
Since then scientists have done lots of research to solve the mysteries of Lake Natron. That was how the lake Natron was discovered. He took the bodies of the dead animals kept them on branches in suitable positions and came up with a set of amazing photographs with a haunted hue. He stated that because the lake surface looks so glassy birds may have flown into the lake. As it was the dry season there were areas where waters had evaporated showing the bottom of the lake. He saw petrified birds and animals lying in the lake. How it was DiscoveredĪ wildlife photographer named Nick Brand was traveling through East Africa, Tanzania in 2013 when he found this mysterious lake. Let’s hear the story of this haunted lake. For this lake, it is not only men but all the living beings. She can make men petrify with a single glance. We all have heard the legend of Medusa when growing up. Beautiful from the outside while haunted inside. But she is like the witch queen in snow white.
With the exotic red hue in the water, she is indeed a beauty. We can see the whole view of the blue sky on Lake Natron. Lake Natron is a beautiful area with a surface that appears like a mirror. But it turns out, that Lake Natron is quite the opposite. A Lake is usually a beautiful creation of nature that facilitate a vast variety of biodiversity.
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