Aerial view of the salty shore line of Lake Natron, Tanzania
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Ulrich Doering / Alamy Stock PhotoImage ID:
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4961 x 3508 px | 42 x 29.7 cm | 16.5 x 11.7 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
24 January 2007Location:
Western shore of Lake Natron, TanzaniaMore information:
Lake Natron is a saline lake located in northern Tanzania close to the Kenyan border in Africa's Great Rift Valley. The color of the lake is characteristic of those where very high evaporation occurs. As water evaporates during the dry season salinity levels increase to the point that salt loving micro organisms begin to thrive Salt loving organisms include some cyanobacteria tiny bacteria that grow in water and make their own food with photosynthesis as plants do. The red pigment in the cyanobacteria produce the deep reds of the open water of the lake.
