“You’d literally get, say, a hundred finches washed ashore in a 50-yard stretch. The ghastly Lake Natron, in northern Tanzania, is a salt lakemeaning that water flows in, but doesn’t flow out, so it can only escape by evaporation. I saw entire flocks of dead birds all washed ashore together, lemming-like,” he says. During dry season, Brandt discovered, when the water recedes, the birds’ desiccated, chemically-preserved carcasses wash up along the coastline. Lake Natron in Tanzania is a highly inhospitable environment, with alkalinity levels above pH 12 and temperatures reaching 60 ☌.
are captured on film with a birds-eye view of the animals living in Africa. Brandt theorizes that the highly-reflective, chemical dense waters act like a glass door, fooling birds into thinking they’re flying through empty space (not long ago, a helicopter pilot tragically fell victim to the same illusion, and his crashed aircraft was rapidly corroded by the lake’s waters). Filming Location Matching Lake Natron, Tanzania (Sorted by Popularity.
A swallow © Nick Brandt 2013, Courtesy of Hasted Kraeutler Gallery, NYĪs you might expect, few creatures live in the harsh waters, which can reach 140 degrees Fahreinheit-they’re home to just a single fish species ( Alcolapia latilabris), some algae and a colony of flamingos that feeds on the algae and breeds on the shore.įrequently, though, migrating birds crash into the lake’s surface. Lake Natron sits at the lowest point of the rift valley 600m above sea level and is probably the worlds most caustic body of water. Not many people venture near the shores of Lake Natron in northern Tanzania.
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