Lake Natron in northern Tanzania is one of the most alkaline of the Rift system. As its waters evaporate in the intense heat,sodium sesquicarbonate,known as trona or natron,solidifies to resemble giant coral heads in brightly coloured water. Visible beyond the lake is Shompole volcano,a dormant volcano,situated on the border of Kenya and Tanzania.
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Lake Natron in northern Tanzania is one of the most alkaline of the Rift system.As its waters evaporate in the intense heat, sodium sesquicarbonate, known as trona or natron, solidifies to resemble giant coral heads in brightly coloured water. Visible beyond the lake is Ol doinyo Lengai the only active volcano in the Gregory Rift.
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In the late afternoon,lesser flamingos feed on Lake Natron with Shompole volcano (situated on the border of Kenya and Tanzania) in the distance at the northern end of the lake. Lake Natron is one of the most alkaline of the Rift system yet lesser flamingos breed there each year.
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Mineral encrustations of trona or natron form by evaporation in the shallow alkaline waters of Lake Magadi. They are mined for a variety of commercial uses and are continually replenished by the action of underground springs.
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Kenya,Rift Valley Province,Lake Magadi. The pink-tinged mineral encrustations of trona or natron form by evaporation in the shallow alkaline waters of Lake Magadi. They are mined for a variety of commercial uses and are continually replenished by the action of underground springs.
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A hardy Commiphora tree thrives beside Lake Magadi,an alkaline lake of the Rift Valley system,situated in a vey hot region of southern Kenya. The pink-tinged mineral encrustation's are mined for a variety of commercial uses and are continually replenished from underground springs.
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Lake Natron bathed in late afternoon sun with Shompole volcano (situated on the border of Kenya and Tanzania) in the distance at the northern end of the lake. Lake Natron is one of the most alkaline of the Rift system yet lesser flamingos breed there each year.
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A section of the Uaso Nyiru delta from the air. This freshwater river flows through southern Kenya and enters the northern end of Tanzania's Lake Natron only to become alkaline in the intense heat of this closed basin Rift Valley lake.
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Maasai warriors stride across the golden grass plains at the foot of Ol doinyo Lengai, the Maasais Mountain of God. Ol doinyo Lengai is the only active volcano in the Gregory Rift, an important section of the eastern branch of Africas Great Rift Valley system that stretches from northern Kenya into Northern Tanzania.
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- Ol doinyo Lengai, the Maasais Mountain of God, in early morning sunlight. It is the only active volcano in the Gregory Rift.An important section of the eastern branch of Africas Great Rift Valley.This 9,400 foot high volcano with deeply eroded sides stands 7,000 feet above the surrounding plains.
- Ol doinyo Lengai, The Maasais Mountain of God, is the only active volcano in the Gregory Rift.An important section of the eastern branch of Africas Great Rift Valley.This 9,400-foot-high volcano still discharges rare carbonatite lavas, which turn white on exposure to air.
- The Uaso Nyiru delta from the air. This freshwater river flows through southern Kenya and enters the northern end of Lake Natron only to become alkaline in the closed basin of this Tanzanian Rift Valley lake.
- The alkaline waters of Lake Bogoria are a favourite haunt of lesser flamingos. The barren shoreline is dotted with steam jets and geysers reflecting its volcanic origins.
- Lake Baringo is one of two freshwater lakes of the Eastern Rift Valley. Its waters are red with suspended solids due to bad soil erosion in its catchment area,which has been caused by inappropriate agricultural practices
- Lake Magadi,an alkaline lake,with Shompole - an extinct volcano - rising in the middle distance. Ol doinyo Lengai,the only active volcano in East Africa is just visible in the far distance on the right of the picture. Trona (Sodium sequicarbonate) has been mined at Magadi for nearly 100 years.
- A section of the western wall of the Gregory Rift (a part of the eastern branch of the Africa's Great Rift Valley) above Lake Manyara,a shallow alkaline lake,which adjoins a national park of the same name. The escarpment drops several hundred feet in sheer cliffs and runs in a north-south straight line as far as the eye can see.
- Maasai warrior in front of Lake Natron in northern Tanzania,one of the most alkaline lakes of the Rift system. As its waters evaporate in the intense heat,sodium sesquicarbonate,known as trona or natron,solidifies to resemble giant coral heads in brightly coloured water.The pastoral Maasai graze their cattle along its southern shores where the Enkare Sero River provides welcome pasture.