Lake Natron is a soda lake in northern Tanzania with a volcanic geology that maintains the water's pH around 10.5, which is ...

Lake Natron in Tanzania should not be on anyone’s bucket list this summer. On the border of Kenya and Tanzania lies Lake Natron —a body of water 58 square miles wide but only about 9 feet deep. It ...

Lake Natron, located in northern Tanzania, is a striking and unusual body of water. Its red-hued surface and extreme chemical composition make it one of the most captivating yet perilous lakes on ...

In the middle of Tanzania’s arid north sits a lake so hostile that it mummifies species unfortunate enough to come into touch. One of the most extreme environments on Earth, Lake Natron’s blood-red ...

The lake is known for its ability to preserve dead animals, turning them into what appear to be stone statues.

Lake Natron, located in northern Tanzania near the Kenyan border, is one of the most extraordinary and extreme lakes in Africa. Fed primarily by the Ewaso Ng'iro River and several mineral-rich hot ...

Lake Natron: The caustic, blood-red lake in Tanzania that turns animals to 'stone' Pair of 'glowing' lava lakes spotted on Africa's most active volcanoes as they erupt simultaneously; ...

Aside from corpses, Lake Natron has had a role in preserving history from as far back as 19,000 years. In 2016, geologists found more than 400 human footprints in the mudflat of Lake Natron's shore .

Lake Natron is primarily located in Tanzania, but the 56km-long body of water also stretches into Kenya. The isolated lake lays in the shadow of the active 7,650feet-tall Ol Doinyo Lengai - or ...

Nick Brandt, well-known for his photography of East Africa’s natural landscape, came across Tanzania’s Lake Natron during his travels. And as his ensuing photos demonstrate, this isn’t any ...

Lake Natron is a soda lake in northern Tanzania with a volcanic geology that maintains the water's pH around 10.5, which is almost as caustic as ammonia. Some life-forms thrive there nevertheless.