Small birds or bats that try and fail to cross the 12- by 30-mile lake fall in, as do insects like beetles and locusts. Due to High levels of evaporation, theres a large deposit of natron (. Live Science describes the dead animals as having “chalky sodium carbonate deposits outlining their bodies. Nick Brandt / Courtesy of Hasted Kraeutler Gallery. Have you Heard of the Natron Lake The Lake that Turns Any living Animal into Stone. “A calcified flamingo, preserved by the highly basic waters of Tanzania’s Lake Natron and photographed by Nick Brandt,” reads National Geographic’s caption of one of the photos included in the Facebook post. The photographs included in the post were taken by photographer Nick Brandt in 2013, who collected the animal carcasses around the lake’s shoreline and posed them for the pictures, the outlet reported. The dead animals in the photos were not instantly turned to stone by the lake, but rather became calcified due to the characteristics of the lake, according to National Geographic. “Any animal which touches the lake turns into stone.” (RELATED: Does This Image Show A Heart-Shaped Pond In Zimbabwe?) “Natron Lake in Tanzania is the most (sic) deadliest place for animals,” reads text included in the image. In fact, Lake Natrons alkaline waters support a thriving ecosystem of salt marshes, freshwater wetlands, flamingos and other wetland birds, tilapia and the.
The image shows what appears to be the petrified remains of two birds sitting on a body of water. Lake Natron in Tanzania is one of the most serene lakes in Africa, but its also the source of some of the most phantasmagorical photographs ever captured. An image shared on Facebook claims it turns any animal that touches it to stone. According to New Scientist, the lake takes its name from natron, a naturally occurring compound made mainly of sodium carbonate mixed with a dash of baking soda. Lake Natron in Tanzania is a saltwater lake with a pH of 10.5 (nearly as high as that of ammonia) and temperatures up to 140 degrees Fahrenheit, according to Smithsonian Magazine.
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