Any animal that touches the lake turns into a deadly stone
 

Lake Natron /Natron.

According to Dante, Styx - it's not only the river, but also a huge , deadly swamp, which fills the fifth circle of hell. In front of you is not hell , and Lake Natron (Natron) in northern Tanzania for many animals, this place was exactly thus the fifth circle of hell .

If you are not alkaline tilapia (Alcolapia alcalica) - ekstremofil ordinary fish that have adapted to the harsh conditions - this is not the best place to live , and just swimming. Temperatures in the lake can reach 60 ° C, and its alkalinity pH is between 9 and 10.5.

The lake takes its name from the ash , natural compounds mainly of sodium carbonate with a small amount of sodium bicarbonate ( baking soda ), and in addition to all the little volcanic ash. Animals that go into the water and eventually die saturated with calcium and turn into something like statues.

Photographer Nick Brandt /Nick Brand, which has a long association with East Africa , by the way he directed the video for Michael Jackson's " Earth Song " , and it was here , in 1995, bypasses the lake regularly and photographed these" statues " .
" I could not photograph them ," he says.

A photo montage is not it?
Do not die, these poor animals sitting on the branches of such a photogenic poses?

I do not know, but the photographer is very famous, it is unlikely he would show fotomantazhi on their exhibitions around the world and published them into their books.


The very thought of it.

"I took these creatures as I found them on the shoreline, and then placed them in 'living' positions, bringing them back to 'life', as it were."


I picked these creatures on the beach and put them in a "live" posture, as if bringing them to life.

 
Oh, that's all and clear.