Flamingos flying over Tanzania’s Lake Natron, a salt lake which is home to three quarters of the world’s three million lesser flamingos, as well as toxic multicolored extremophile cyanobacteria that thrive in water so hyper-saline it would strip away human skin. for the flamingos, however, the tough skin and scales on their legs prevents burning, leaving them uniquely free to drink from the near boiling freshwater found from springs and geysers at the lake’s edges.
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ReplyDeleteWonderful photos. Airplanes, balloons, and satellites shaped the perspective of our environment for last 4 generations. Drones will shape our worldview in the future.
ReplyDeleteGot a dozen plastic pink flamingos from a guy at his yard sale, had a sudden epiphany, a motive when I seen them in a his barrel, snuck around at night stuck one on various family and friends roof peaks. Lot of excellent quips where heard.
ReplyDeletePink flamingos get their color from eating shrimp, I just mention that in case you end up on "Jeopardy!".
ReplyDeleteEither the History Channel or Animal Planet did a show on the flamingos and Lake Natron some time ago. Entertaining and enlightening hour or so.
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