Scalding Temperatures: A Lake That Boils From Below Natron is blazing hot, not only chemically extreme. Just 0.5 meters in places, shallow depths let sunlight heat the water to 60°C (140°F).

The chemistry of Lake Natron's water promotes quick crystallizing. Oct. 2, 2013— -- The Dead Sea may be one of the saltiest lakes on earth, but at least it doesn't turn animals to husks of ...

Lake Natron is a soda lake in northern Tanzania with a volcanic geology that maintains the water's pH around 10.5, which is almost as caustic as ammonia. Some life-forms thrive there nevertheless.

Arusha. The government has ruled out any possibility of large-scale soda ash extraction at Lake Natron, stressing that the site is a protected Ramsar wetland and the only major breeding ground for ...