Ichibi Natron


Enyakatho yezwe lase-Afrika laseTanzania , emngceleni weKenya, kukhona ichibi eliyingqayizivele - Natron. Unyaka ngamunye udonsela izivakashi eziningi eziza lapha ukuze zibuke ukubukeka kwawo okungavamile, okukhumbuza indawo ye-alien ye-surreal. Ngakho-ke, ake sithole ukuthi yimiphi imfihlo yamanzi obomvu echibini nokuthi kungani izakhamuzi ezizungezile zigwema le ndawo.

Isimo seLake Natron

I-Lake Natron ayijule kakhulu (ukujula kwayo kuyahlukahluka kusuka ku-1.5 kuya ku-3 m), ngakho-ke kuqhuma kuze kufike ku-50 ngisho no-60 ° C. Okuqukethwe kwamanoni e-sodium emanzini echibi kuphakeme kakhulu kangangokuthi ifilimu ifana phezulu, futhi ezinyangeni ezishisa kakhulu (ngoFebruwari nangoMashi) ngisho namanzi abe amahloni ngenxa yalokhu. Lezi zimo zithanda umsebenzi we-cyanobacteria ye-halophilic ehlala eLake Natron, ngenxa ye-pigment lapho amanzi enombala obomvu wegazi. Kodwa-ke, umthunzi wamanzi uhlukahluka kuye ngokuthi inkathi nokujula - echibini lingaba li-orange noma elibomvu, futhi ngezinye izikhathi libukeka njengechibi elivamile.

Kodwa iqiniso elithakazelisayo kakhulu futhi elijabulisayo ukuthi amanzi eNatron eTanzania ayingozi ngempela. Ngenxa yezinga eliphakeme lama-alkali, amanzi anosawoti anosawoti aholela ekushiseni okukhulu uma umuntu, isilwane noma inyoni ibhapathizwa echibini. Kulapha ukuthi izinyoni eziningi ziye zathola ukufa kwazo. Ngemuva kwalokho, imizimba yabo iyanzima futhi imise, ihlanganise nezidakamizwa. Lezi zinsalela eziningi zezinyoni zitholwe lapha ngu-photographer uNick Brandt, ukuqoqa izinto zencwadi yakhe ethi "On Earth Tortured." Izithombe zakhe, ezidumile ngalezi zimbi emhlabeni wonke, zaba yisisekelo se-legend, esho ukuthi iLake Natron iguqula izilwane zibe ngamatshe.

Izinhlobo ezimbalwa zezilwane zingaphila lapha. Isibonelo, ehlobo, ngenkathi yokuvuthwa, izinkulungwane zama-flamingos ezincane zibalekela echibini. Bakha izidleke emadwaleni ngisho naseziqhingini zikasawoti, futhi izinga lokushisa elisezingeni eliphezulu livumela izinyoni ukuba zibelethe kalula izingane ngaphansi kokuvikelwa kwechibi. Lokhu akuzona izilwane ezimbi zengozi, esaba ngenxa yiphunga elimnandi elivela echibini.

Ngokuqondene nabantu, isizwe salo esivela emakhaya aseMasai ahlala echibini angama-aborigines langempela. Bahlala lapha amakhulu eminyaka, beqapha impi yabo, balisebenzisa njengamadlelo. Ngendlela, kule ndawo bathola izinsalela zeHomo Sapiens, elele emhlabathini iminyaka engaphezu kwengu-30 eyinkulungwane. Kubonakala sengathi akuyona into yokuthi leli zwekazi lase-Afrika libhekwa njengendawo yokuzalwa yomuntu.

Uzofika kanjani kuLake Natron eTanzania?

Idolobha elikhulu kunazo zonke eTanzania , eliseduze neLake Natron, i- Arusha , elise-240 km. Kungatholakala ngebhasi eDar es Salaam noma eDodoma . Ngaphezu kwalokho, edolobhaneni lase-Arusha yi- epaki kazwelonke .

I-Lake Natron ayihlezi ukuvakasha ngabanye. Ungakwazi ukufinyelela kule ndawo eyingqayizivele ngezindlela ezimbili: noma ngesikhatsi uvakashela ku-volcano yase-Oldoino-Lengai, noma ngokuzimela, ngokuqashisa imoto emgwaqweni e-Arusha. Noma kunjalo, khumbula ukuthi ukuvakashelwa ngabanye, okokuqala, kuzokukhokhela ngaphezulu, futhi okwesibili, kuyoba yingozi kakhulu ngaphandle komhlahlandlela noma umhlahlandlela phakathi kwabahlali bendawo.