Petrified and dead, the animals look like.
The conditions of the lake are very harsh and animals usually avoid it, but those who die there are being turned into statues. Mystery lurks around Lake Natron, the lake that preys on bats, flamingos, and even buffaloes of enormous size. the posed compositions reanimate the lifeless animals, alive again in death. It’s actually a natural surrounding of Lake Natron in northern Tanzania. for his monochrome portraits, brandt carefully removes the found birds from the water and places them in living positions, perching them on branches, and arranging them as floating figures on the stagnant shore. Animals that perish in the water are turned into statues through calcification, preserved by the sodium bicarbonate content. The mummified species are the eerie aftermath of nature’s nightmarish unpredictability. Photo of these natural statues was first. brandt notes that the chemical level was so extreme, that while he was capturing the images, the ink stripped off his kodak film boxes within just a few seconds. The ability to kill and turn into mineral statues of birds is the most unique and shocking phenomenon of Lake Natron. the waterway contains a deadly chemical composition - a very high soda and salt content - which causes any creature who dares to dip in to die, calcify, and remain perfectly preserved as they dry.
the animals had washed up along the shoreline of the lethal lake natron, a salt lake located near the kenyan border. While traveling northern tanzania for a pictorial journey of east africa, british photographer nick brandt unexpectedly came upon a number dead birds and bats that appeared to be made out of stone.
Image © nick brandt 2013 / courtesy of hasted kraeutler gallery, NY are covered with the minerals and look like the terrible stone statues.
#STATUES OF LAKE NATRON SERIES#
Lethal lake natron calcifies animals into stone-like corpses Lake Natron, Tanzania from the series Flowers of the Earth.
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