Water levels fluctuate easily because it's so hot - when the levels drop, the corpses are left behind on the shores, coated in salt, exactly how Brandt found them. As beautiful as this lake appears, it is as dangerous. How did the lake get this hostile? The "salt" in it isn't the regular table variety harvested from seawater, but magmatic limestone that's been forged deep in the Earth, poured out in runny lava flows and blasted into the air to become ash clouds 10 miles high. It turns animals to stone In the northern region of Arusha close to the Kenyan border lies Tanzania’s Lake Natron. Nick Brandt / Courtesy of Hasted Kraeutler Gallery A calcified dove, from Nick Brandt's book Across The Ravaged Land, published by Abrams, New York. The Lake came into notice worldwide after the great photographer Nick Brandt released some of his captures during his visit to the Lake Natron. The culprit is Ol Doinyo Lengai, a million-year old volcano just south of Lake Natron. It's a favorite among petrologists because it's the only one of its kind, Hannes Mattsson, a researcher at the Swiss Institute of Technology in Zurich, told NBC News. The scale of the place is absolutely massive - its actually a super cool spot.Other volcanoes usually spew silicates, but the Ol Doinyo Lengai is the only one on the planet that spills "natrocarbonatites" as cool, runny, dark washes. It looks like how you might imagine Mordor if it starts growing some grass and calms down a bit lol. In short, probably the most metal place you could ever visit. Its surrounded by huge cliffs and old volcanic craters, and is actually pretty much in a shadow of an active volcano, Ol Doinyo Lengai.
(Theres a disney+ documentary about flamingos, specifically at this lake, if you want to learn more)Īnd its a dead lake (broadly speaking). Its a massively popular breeding ground for flamingos. The locals/guides told us that you have to spend a long time in it if its not the dry season to suffer any health effects, but its not very popular for any locals to swim in because its often way too warm to be comfortable to swim around in.ĭuring the dry season the lake shrinks dramatically and turns a very vivid red colour, due to the algae and (I think) very small shrimp in the lake.
Unless its the dry season (when most of the water evaporates and the alkaline minerals and whatnot get super concentrated), its totally fine to hang around in the water. I’ve actually been to Tanzania and have waded through this lake! Some cool things about it.
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