Sunday, March 23, 2008

Lake Natron


Lake Natron is located in northern Tanzania in East Africa. It is unique in the sense that it has a reddish hue.

This is caused by high evaporation levels and an increase in salinity which allows microorganisms to thrive. Some of these tiny organisms produce the deep red hue.

image from szavannablog.wordpress.com

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