It is to be noted that the unusually harsh composition of Lake Natron comes from a unique neighboring volcano, Ol Doinyo, which expels alkali-rich natrocarbonatites that end up in the lake via rainwater runoff. According to NBC News, the lake is so alkaline that when creatures that die and fall in, they do not decompose and wither, but simply get ‘pickled’. No one knows for sure how these animals die, but it appears like the extreme reflective nature of the lake’s surface confuses them, causing them to crash into the lake and die as a result. Lake Natron, TanzaniaĪccording to the World Wildlife Fund, Lake Natron is extremely salty and hot, with a pH of 9 to 10 and temperatures going up to 106 degrees Fahrenheit.

Nick said that the animals were rock hard from the calcification, and as he found them along the shoreline of Lake Natron, he took them and placed them in ‘living’ positions – as a portrait in death.

As reported, the birds have not turned to stone or statues, but have been made “rock hard” from the high levels of soda ash and salt in the lake. Nick reported that the lake contains so much soda and salt that it would strip the ink of his Kodak film boxes in few seconds.

The series of mysterious pictures were taken by photographer Nick Brandt between 20, along northern Tanzania’s Lake Natron. This Lake Natron in Tanzania Kills, and Makes the Corpse Turn Stone This Lake Natron in Tanzania Kills, and Makes the Corpse Turn Stone Although the birds did not turn into stones or statues as such, yes, it is a fact – a mysterious one. The messages come with pictures of statue like animals in and around what is claimed to be the deadly lake Natron in Northern Tanzania. This Lake Natron in Tanzania Kills, and Makes the Corpse Turn Stone This Lake Natron in Tanzania Kills, and Makes the Corpse Turn Stone Analysis: This Deadly Lake turns animals into statues. This lake Natron in Northern Tanzania doesn’t just Kill, it makes the Corpse turn Stone.

Lake natron calcified animals in color