A series of lava rock pools are situated just off the southern end of Lake Turkana,northern Kenya's Jade Sea. The colour of the water is caused by extreme alkalinity in which green algae with a high chlorophyll content grows.
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An aerial view of South Island, Lake Turkanas largest island. Situated in the southern sector of the lake where the water reaches a depth of 374 feet, the island is a spine of volcanic cones and hills covering 15 square miles. The lava flows are remarkably well preserved there.
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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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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.
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A young Turkana man looks out over Lake Turkana, often referred to as the Jade Sea due to the colour of its alkaline water. The barren, windswept country at this southeast corner of the lake is strewn with basalt lava boulders.
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An aerial view of the southern end of Lake Turkana, which is named Von H hnel Bay after the Austrian naval officer who was part of an epic journey of exploration to reach the lake in 1888.The perfectly formed cone that juts into the lake is called Naboi eetom by the Turkana people.
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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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Kenya,Loiengalani,Lake turkana. A Turkana tribesman looks out over Lake Turkana from its barren southeastern shoreline.
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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.
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