The most terrifying lake in the world: the water is blood red, and animals are 'petrified' when they come into contact with the lake water

Lake Natron is a saltwater lake in Tanzania, located in the Gregory Rift in the eastern part of the Great Rift Valley. The most peculiar thing about the lake is that it has a "petrified" magic, which can turn many animals that come into contact with the lake into stone-like "statues", so Lake Natron is also called "petrified lake".

What is the petrochemical function of Natron Lake? It turns out that this is because the lake water contains a natural compound called caustic soda. The composition of caustic soda is mainly sodium carbonate and baking soda, which makes the alkaline value of the lake water as high as 10%. Such caustic alkali will be harmful to animals. Burning effect on skin and eyes.

In addition, Natron Lake is also rich in minerals. This is because most of the lake water comes from hot springs where many minerals accumulate. The temperature of the lake water can reach 50 degrees. After the water evaporates, the concentration of minerals in the lake is greatly increased.

Dead and "petrified" bats, songbirds, eagles and other birds can be seen everywhere on the lake surface of Natron Lake. Once these birds are immersed in the strongly alkaline lake water, they will die soon after death. For a long time, the corpses did not decompose because the sodium carbonate deposits in the lake water had a good antiseptic effect, which made these bird corpses calcified into "petrified statues".

But it is such a lake that is accompanied by strangeness and death, and not all animals are killed when they come into contact with it. The most beloved species in Lake Natron is the flamingo, because the lake is warm and the annual breeding season attracts about 2 million flamingos to nest and breed here. During the dry season, many small salt reefs will form in the lake, and flamingos will build their nests on the salt reefs.

Another magic of Natron Lake lies in the color of the lake itself. It is no exaggeration to call it "Rainbow Lake". Under different water levels, the lake water presents different colors such as blood red, coffee color and blue, among which the most What is impressive is the red color. When you look at it up close, the lake water is red like a drop of blood, which is really a bit more eerie.

The rare red color of the lake is because a large number of bacteria and microorganisms grow in the lake, and there are many animals living in the lake. However, there is a kind of tilapia that survives tenaciously in the water. This fish can survive in a strong alkaline environment. In addition, most of the other animals that come into contact with the lake will die.

Natron Lake is a unique landscape integrating beautiful red lakes, flamingos gathered in groups, and dead petrified bird "statues", attracting tourists from all over the world to explore every year.