African lake turns animals into statues Tanzania's Lake Natron calcifies the animals that die in its waters, and Nick Brandt captures them with eerie photographs.

Hundreds Of Ancient Human Footprints Found Near African Volcano Scientists working in Tanzania have cataloged a large and extremely rare trove of human footprints left behind some 5,000 to 19,000 years ago when a group of people slogged their way across muddy terrain along the southern shore of Lake Natron.

Leaked Videos Of Wildlife Abuse Spark Corruption Scandal In Tanzania Lake Natron, in Tanzania, is a serene expanse of water where flamingoes stop on their migration, below the titanic bulk of Ol Doinyo Lengai, an active vo...

Beautiful Moraine Lake in Canada Moraine Lake is located in Banff National Park, Canada. Village of Lake Louise, Alberta is situated 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) from it. The lake is found in the Valley of the Ten Peaks, at an elevation of approximately 1,885 m (6,183 feet). The lake is g Read more ... lacially-fed and its surface spreads for 0.5 km2 (0.19 mi2).

Lake Mead, "the shrinking lake," is drying up Lake Mead gets more visitors than either Yosemite or the Grand Canyon.

Ultra-Salty Pink Lake Looks Like A Distant Planet It may look like another planet, but don't be fooled. This is Koyashskoye Salt Lake (or Lake Koyashskoe), a saline lake in Crimea. Its color turns from dusty pin...

Gruza Lake At about twenty kilometers west of Kragujevac, near the town Pajsijevic, is the largest body of water in central Serbia - Gruza Lake. Gruza Lake is a...

Lake Natron Fireflies -- National Geographic Photo of the Day The southern Milky Way competes with a firefly display near Tanzania's Lake Natron in this National Geographic Photo of the Day from our Your Shot community.

Lake Bovan Between Sokobanja and Aleksinac, near the village Bovan, there is a lake of the same name. Bovan Lake was created in 1978 by artificial means, damming the...

Dangerously Saline Red Lake Natron in Tanzania A very shallow salt lake is very dangerous for those, who are not adjusted: the temperature can reach 60ºC and its ph level is 10!