The lava spew is not commonly black lava, but gray, and it is rich in sodium and potassium. This mountain is precipitous and takes after Mt. Ol Doinyo Lengai means "Mountain of God" in the language of the native Masai people. Ol Doinyo Lengai Mountain south of Lake Natron is now an active volcano. Their plumage is pink due to the red pigment in the algae and it fades to white when there is a shortage of food. Lake Natron is the only breeding area for lesser flamingoes, a smaller species in the flamingo family. Few predators live here and the flamingoes can breed as a result. They live in a special environment: a dry area surrounding an alkaline salt lake, where temperatures exceed 40 degrees C in the daytime. The flamingo population is estimated at 2.5 million.
Spirulina, salt-loving microorganisms in the lake, have a red pigment, and the pigment produces multiple colors: red, pink, and orange.Ī huge flock of flamingoes lives in the lake. Lake Natron is a salt lake strong in alkalinity. The lake is close to the Kenyan border and is in the Gregory Rift, which is the eastern branch of the East African Rift.The lake is within the Lake Natron Basin, a Ramsar Site wetland of international significance.
Blue-green algae are common in many lakes and marshes, but the algae in Lake Natron are vivid red. Lake Natron is a salt and soda lake in the Arusha Region of northern Tanzania.
The lake is located 120 km south of Nairobi, the capital city of Kenya, and near the border of Kenya and Tanzania. Lake Natron, Tanzania(kmz, 3.42MB, Low Resolution) as seen on Google Earth.įigure 1 is an image of Lake Natron in United Republic of Tanzania in central east Africa, as observed by the Advanced Land-Observing Satellite "Daichi" in August 2008.