A deadly lake

In the United Republic of Tanzania we can find Lake Natron, a lake that thanks to its microorganisms has pink, red and even orange water.

But why is this lake so special? It is highly alkaline, its PH is from 9 to 10.5 (water is between 7 and 9) and the temperature can reach 60 degrees!!It is so salty that it can kill most animals! Except one fish that has evolved to survive in this lake under these conditions.

The animals that die in the lake are turned into statues due to calcification.But how can they die if they know that the lake is extremely dangerous? No one knows...there is a hypothesis that says that the water is so reflective that birds can get confused and crash...

Nick Brandt took photographs of these petrified animals, but he wanted to show them in living positions.



                                   


 Here you have a link if you want to know and see more


http://unusualplaces.org/lake-natron-tanzanias-petrifying-lake/