LAKE NATRON: LITERAL HELL ON EARTH FOR MOST CREATURES.

When photographer Nick Brandt was traveling to shoot photos for a new book on the disappearing wildlife of East Africa, 'Across the Ravaged Land',he came across a truly astounding place, a natural lake that seemingly turns all sorts of animals into stone.

                         

“When I saw those creatures for the first time alongside the lake, I was completely blown away,” says Brandt. “The idea for me, instantly, was to take portraits of them as if they were alive.”

                              

                         

 Lake Natron, in Africa’s Great Rift Valley, practically sends a warning with its color. This bright red lake is the world’s most caustic body of water, but not to everything. An endemic species of fish, the alkaline tilapia, lives along the edges of the hotspring inlets, and the lake actually derives its color from salt-loving microorganisms that thrive in its alkaline waters. 

                     

The ghastly Lake Natron, in northern Tanzania, is a salt lake—meaning that water flows in, but doesn’t flow out, so it can only escape by evaporation. Over time, as water evaporates, it leaves behind high concentrations of salt and other minerals, giving the lake a slightly different appearance each time it is photographed by astronauts or imaged by satellites, its temperature can reach a scalding 60 degrees Celsius (140 degrees Fahrenheit).It is so caustic that it can burn the skin and eyes of animals that aren't adapted to it.

Nick Brandt has captured haunting images of the lake and its dead in a book titled "Across the Ravaged Land".

To know more about this lake and the pictures clicked by Brandt, you can click on this link and buy the book: 

https://www.amazon.com/Across-Ravaged-Land-Nick-Brandt/dp/1419709453