![]() ![]() The birds were left as-is, except that the author posed them to make for better photographs. Brandt found the birds while working to capture the grandeur of Africa’s disappearing wildlife, which has been a major part of his life’s work. The process by which these unlucky birds have died is unclear, but the author says that a factor in it is the lake’s extreme reflectivity, which may cause birds to crash into the water, die, and become calcified husks. 'No one knows for certain exactly how they die,' Brandt says, 'but it. ![]() With our discount coupon AVOPIX10 you will save 10. You can buy this royalty free stock image on and Shutterstock website. Interestingly enough, the salt-loving algae that the flamingoes eat at lakes like these are part of the reason that they become pink, alongside the shrimp that they also dine on. Remembering the viral photos of Lake Natron, photographer Nick Brandt says, 'I found the creatures all manner of birds and bats washed up along the shoreline of Lake Natron in Northern Tanzania, during dry season when the water had receded.'Nick Brandt/Facebook. Pink Lesser Flamingos at Lake Natron with volcano on background in Rift valley, Tanzania is royalty free stock photo by Gideon Ikigai. The lake is completely uninhabitable to all but a few organisms – salt-loving bacteria, alkali-loving fish that live near the hot springs that feed the lake, and flamingoes, which can nest safe from predators on small islands of salt. It it an extraordinarily harsh environment, where the extremely salty water may reach temperatures of 60 C (140 F) and an alkalinity almost as high as that of ammonia. ![]()
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