Aerial view of the southern part of Lake Natron, Tanzania


Lake Natron is a soda lake situated in the bottom of the Rift Valley basin Gregory Rift It is surrounded by Rift Valley escarpments and volcanic mountains whereof the mountain of Oldonyo Lengai in the south is still active The area around Lake Natron is often described as having a desolate and almost lunar beauty It is the only regularly breeding area for Lesser Flamingos in East Africa and furthermore it offers feeding and roosting opportunities for an estimated 100 000 individuals of other species of water birds many of them Palaearctic migrants. Aerial view from the south


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Location: Aerial view of the southern part of Lake Natron looking north, from altitude
Photo credit: © Ulrich Doering / Alamy / Afripics
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