Erta Ale Volcano in Ethiopia, Africa
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The Door to Hell, in Turkmenistan
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Lake Natron, Tanzania, Africa |
A result of calcified animal that fallen into lake Natron |
Lake Natron in Tanzania, Africa, is hell on earth The “extreme salt” in it is magmatic limestone that’s been forged deep in the Earth, poured out in runny lava flows and blasted into the air to become ash clouds 10 miles high. Ashy runoff collected by rainwater winds up in the lake, which explains why the washed-up (calcified / mummificated) animals look like they’ve been dropped in a bucket of cement. |