A bat seems Halloween-ready in a 2012 portrait taken by Brandt. Lake Natron is named for the mineral natron, or hydrated sodium carbonate, which was used in the making of mummies in ancient Egypt.
Lake that turns animals into stones, watch pics of Tanzania's Lake Natron
New Delhi: There's a deceptively still body of water in Tanzania with a deadly secret - it turns any animal it touches to stone. The rare phenomenon is caused by the chemical makeup of the
A bat seems Halloween-ready in a 2012 portrait taken by Brandt. Lake Natron is named for the mineral natron, or hydrated sodium carbonate, which was used in the making of mummies in ancient Egypt.
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