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Lake Natron
You wo n’t recover human bodies inLake Natron in Tanzania , but this tranquil lake is eerie even so . With its corrosive waters ( pH 10.5 or so ) , Lake Natron keep up the bodies of the animate being that pall there , creating mummies that litter the shores . [ See Photos of the Animals Turned to Stone in Lake Natron ]
A 2013 playscript catalog the dead of Lake Natron in sober grayscale : fowl and squash racquet , mostly . But life thrives in the lake , too . Flamingos ( Phoenicopterus pocket-sized ) breed on its islands , and salt marshes around the lake host other birds and fish . The odd chemistry of the lake is due to down payment of sodium carbonate in the palisade land . These same minerals mould the main ingredient of natron , the salt that ancient Egyptians used to mummify their dead .
The body of a flamingo on Lake Natron, as captured by photographer Rick Brandt.
