At the southern end of Lake Turkana,just south of Von H_hnel Bay,lies a small,extremely alkaline lake which is fed from Lake Turkana underground. The colours of the water and the surrounding lava country can be vivid in certain light. Small flocks of lesser flamingos congregate here on rare occasions.
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Imágenes relacionadas
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The alkaline waters of Lake Bogoria are a favourite haunt of lesser flamingos because the blue-green algae upon which they feed grows prolifically in the lake's shallow waters. The barren shoreline is dotted with steam jets and geysers reflecting its volcanic origins.
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El Molo Bay,situated on the eastern side of Lake Turkana,is an inhospitable place where strong winds blow incessantly. The bay is named after the El Molo - a small tribe of fishermen and stock owners whose village can be seen in the middle distance across the bay. The mountain in the background is Mount Nyiru.
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A mixed herd of zebra and topi graze on the grassy shore of Lake Turkana at Koobi Fora
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The natural rock pools along the Sirima lugga (seasonal watercourse) are important to the Turkana and their livestock in an otherwise waterless,rocky region at the southern end of Lake Turkana. In a year of average rainfall,water in the deepest pools will last throughout the year. If they dry up,the Turkana resort to using the alkaline water of Lake Turkana.
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A Turkana man strides purposefully across the treeless Lotagipi Plains as an Egyptian vulture (Neophron percnopterus) watches him atop a termite mound.
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As the sun rises over the low-lying Suguta Valley,Lesser flamingos hug the shoreline of Lake Lokipi - a seasonal lake on the mud flats situated at the northern end of the valley.
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Cathedral Rock stands out dark and foreboding in Lake Lokipi as the first rays of sun bring colour to the lava mountains that surround the southern end of the Suguta Valley. Lokipi is seasonal but lesser flamingos flock here after rain.
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At the northern end of the Suguta Valley,close to The Barrier,lies Lake Lokipi - a seasonal alkaline lake - and Cathedral Rock - a rather grand name for a chunk of lava rising from mud flats. Lesser flamingos congregate on Lake Lokipi after rain.
Más imágenes relacionadas
- Tens of thousands of lesser flamingos (Phoeniconaias minor) line the shores of Lake Bogoria,feeding on blue-green algae (Spirulina platensis) that grows profusely in its warm alkaline waters.
- 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.
- In the late afternoon,Oryx beisa graze the stony plains near Buffalo Springs against a spectacular backdrop of mountains. The rugged outline of Warges Mountain (8,820 feet) rises in the far distance; nearer and to its left is a flat-topped mountain with a sheer rock face called Lololokwi or Ol doinyo Sabachi.
- Greater flamingos (Phoenicopterus ruber) stand watch over their eggs and chicks at Lake Bogoria. Only on very rare occasions do the birds breed on this warm,alkaline lake.
- A view of the treeless,barren country along the southeast shores of Lake Turkana. Lava debris is omnipresent here,making walking a perfect misery. In dry weather,after the seasonal water pans and rock pools have dried up,the Turkana water their livestock at the lake.
- 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.
- The natural rock pools along the Sirima lugga are important to the Turkana and their stock in an otherwise waterless, rocky region at the southern end of Lake Turkana. In a year of average rainfall, water in the deepest pools will last throughout the year.Lake Turkana is just visible in this picture.
- Flamingoes fly over Lake Logipi