![]() ![]() ![]() The Lake’s natural deposit would be utilized to produce sodium bicarbonate, which is used in a variety of industrial applications. Infrastructure for the plant’s new soda ash factory would include a new road and rail network. Tata Chemicals Ltd proposed a $450 million industrial plant in partnership with the Tanzanian government to recover soda from Natron Lake in Tanzania. A soda ash facility near Lake Natron would have a significant impact on the livelihoods of the local community, which makes an annual revenue of half a million dollars. The Natron Lake in Tanzania is a major and regular breeding ground for world’s Lesser Flamingos birds.įlamingos bring in money for Tanzania, Ethiopia, and Kenya via tourism. Also Read: Lake Malawi the ‘Lake of Stars’, A UNESCO World Heritage Centre Sodium carbonate was once used in Egyptian mummification processes for this very reason.įurther detail about the photos can be found in Brandt's book "Across the Ravaged Land" published in 2013.Despite the fact that most human communities have grown up around rivers and lakes throughout history, Natron Lake in Tanzania tells a story of a location no one ever desired to call their own. Instead, the lake's high sodium carbonate content acts as a preservative for the animals unfortunate enough to die in its waters. Lake Natron in fact contains a thriving ecosystem of freshwater wetlands and salt marshes, home to the animals pictured in Brandt's photography. ![]() The lake's alkalinity comes from the minerals flowing into the lake from the hills surrounding it, particularly sodium carbonate.īut contrary to the clickbait headlines, Lake Natron doesn't instantly kill the creatures that regularly come into contact with it. Lake Natron is indeed hostile to wildlife that hasn't adapted to its highly alkaline water, which at a pH of 10.5 would burn the skin and eyes of any human foolhardy enough to take a swim. Lake Natron is home to a thriving ecosystem, and its waters' alkalinity preserves the remains of animals that die in or near it.įor around a decade now, striking images of calcified animal remains on Lake Natron in Tanzania taken by the photographer Nick Brandt have circulated through social media, often featuring alongside eye-grabbing headlines describing it as a lake that turns living animals to stone. ![]()
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