A lake in Tanzania that transforms living creatures into sculptures.
by zeusht
A lake in Tanzania that transforms living creatures into sculptures.
by zeusht
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No story with this?
Lake Natron in northern
Tanzania has a pH of up to 10.5 and temperatures reaching
60°C (140°F). Its highly caustic, soda-rich waters act as a natural preservative.
When
birds and bats die in or near the water, the extreme salinity and minerals calcify their bodies, encasing them in stone-like husks.
Lake Medusa ?
the Beksiński dimension
So they died upright perched on branches? I cant even sleep without a fan on.
Honestly, the ones on the branches look like AI, how do they even get calcified but still remain there
Straight outta Othercide.
I feel like this belongs in the SCP Foundation files
Well, not exactly “living” sculptures.
These photos are staged.
For the love of God, someone fix OP’s headline before crazy pet lovers take this place over.
Those are dead creatures…not living ones
Straight out of the [Silent Woods](https://oriandtheblindforest.fandom.com/wiki/Silent_Woods) from Ori and Will of the Wisps
https://preview.redd.it/30d3m2lgtc3h1.png?width=512&format=png&auto=webp&s=7745e9c6a422fab821f4f1a233c3dfcc384a6818
They’re beautiful
This might the reason in Dr Stone
Obligatory Caelid reference!
The bat is upside down
Bad water in death valley does this too I saw a salt duck.
It transforms dead creatures..
Theres a place in knaresborough, UK thats like this. Mother shiptons cave. Although, there it not animals. People hang things like teddy bears and such from the waterfall and over time it turns to stone. If I remember rightly, there is a top hat from the Victorian era still hanging there.
Dark Souls
That’s horrifying
Could have made a better title.
Pretty sure they die first
The first photo is one of the most beautiful photos I’ve ever seen.