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Lake Natron isn’t just stunning, it’s terrifying. Its blood-red waters can turn animals into stone-like statues. But how? The secrets of this eerie lake will shock you. 🌋💀
Would you dare visit?
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Can you enter the water?
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>> No.
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>> Why? So what makes it so deadly?
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>> This is uh so water.
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>> Lake Non is a mineral rich lake in
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northern Tanzania at the border with
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Kenya. The water in the lake comes from
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a waterfall which flows down the
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mountain. Is usually red in color as you
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can see on these pictures with varying
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shades of orange and pink as well. So
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what makes the water so deadly? You see
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the water in this lake is considered
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deadly because of its extremely high
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alkaline nature. The pH levels of the
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lake is as high as that of ammonia. This
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gives the lake its rosy hue. Unlike
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other lakes, the water doesn't flow out
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and keeps getting collected. The
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temperature of the lake can rise to 60°
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CC when the water evaporates and it
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leaves behind high amounts of salt,
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which makes it have similar properties
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with the Dead Sea. So, if this is
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dangerous, you would expect that animals
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wouldn't be so foolish to come close.
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Well, not quite. Got dried bones.
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During rainy season, where we're
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currently walking now will probably be
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submerged in water. The lake has a
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mirror-l like surface that tricks beds
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into diving in and leading to their
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death. Any bed that dives into the lake
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are calcified. This means that the salt
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in the lake hardens their bodies which
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makes them look like stone. Despite so
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many birds dying in Lake Natron, there's
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a particular species flourishing, the
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flamingos.
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They are so well adapted that they feed
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on the salty algae growing at the bottom
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of the lake. Lake Natron is essential
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for its survival. Their tough skin
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safeguards them from bonds. The lake is
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a haven for flamingos as we saw so many
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when we got here.
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So I wanted to know what happens if I
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touch this water. Will I turn to stone?
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Most people say Lake Natron is one of
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the most dangerous lakes in the world.
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They say it can turn you into stone. But
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apparently I'm still human.
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So you don't turn to stone. But if you
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fall into the water by some weird
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mistake, your entire body would harden
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and be preserved. And if people found
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you hundreds of years later, you might
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still have your hair and organs intact,
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just like the Egyptian mummies.
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