Dude. Lake turns animals into stone.

[Ns1]

Volcanic ash from the nearby Great Rift Valley contaminated Lake Natron with sodium carbonate and baking soda to the point that only extremophile fish like the alkaline tilapia can survive there, while other animals that take a dip will soon thereafter feel their bodies begin to calcify and harden until they look as if they've had a run-in with the White Witch or Medusa.

I still don't understand how this works.

http://www.yourdailymedia.com/post/terrifying-lake-turns-birds-into-statues/#bc5a1udq9ZRqfb83.01

 

[IronWing]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFljpJdYRKM

 

[SKORPI0]

 

[BoberFett]

They're already dead, preserved in salt.

http://www.nbcnews.com/science/bird...-toxic-waters-petrify-animals-fall-8C11322626

 

[Ns1]

They're already dead, preserved in salt.

http://www.nbcnews.com/science/bird...-toxic-waters-petrify-animals-fall-8C11322626

Why are they in such "alive" looking positions? I would expect a dead bird to be on the ground dead, not on a branch...

 

[KeithTalent]

That's pretty rad.

KT

 

[cronos]

Why are they in such "alive" looking positions? I would expect a dead bird to be on the ground dead, not on a branch...

He posed them.

"I took these creatures as I found them on the shoreline, and then placed them in 'living' positions, bringing them back to 'life.'"

 

[CrackRabbit]

"I unexpectedly found the creatures — all manner of birds and bats — washed up along the shoreline of Lake Natron in Northern Tanzania," Brandt told NBC News in an email. "I took these creatures as I found them on the shoreline, and then placed them in 'living' positions, bringing them back to 'life.'"

 

[Ns1]

He posed them.

"I took these creatures as I found them on the shoreline, and then placed them in 'living' positions, bringing them back to 'life.'"

oh I guess I should read. thanks. that explains everything.

 

[KeithTalent]

That's not quite as rad.

KT

 

[Ns1]

That's not quite as rad.

KT

i know. cool pictures still.

 

[KeithTalent]

i know. cool pictures still.

Indeed. Very cool.

KT

 

[alkemyst]

How long does it take for the animals to calcify? I found out these animals didn't die in these poses but the artist collected them on the banks of the lake.

Lake is like ammonia.

 

[Atomic Playboy]

This is what Tim Burton sees when he orgasms.

 

[BoomerD]

Change the name to "Lake Medusa."

 

[Miramonti]

So the tilapia that Walmart sells finally has a name.

 

[IronWing]

So the tilapia that Walmart sells finally has a name.

Finally, organic lutefisk!

 

[sourn]

Change the name to "Lake Medusa."

They really need to do this.

The pictures do look pretty cool, creepy but cool.