# @planetlabs on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/Ch-LYkeJFHc
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/75775167-planetlabs-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2022-09-01T16:54:12.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Planet (@planetlabs) — https://gondola.cc/planetlabs

## Caption

Peekaboo: the dark, mineral-rich waters of Lake Natron evaporate to reveal bright red patterns and birds seemingly turned to stone. Lake Natron is a shallow salt lake in Tanzania that loses water only through evaporation. What’s left behind are salts and natron, a sodium mixture which gives the hot (100°F+) water its basic (10+ pH) composition. Algae gives the lake its http://learning.planet.com/OTk3LUNISC0yNjUAAAGGmEF0Yz6w6jm3SJQ8dyvPUIx4HW87vy0r6dZNez0VjGRYe4AceiT_mor14fAgCcv0xzgr9D8= and thrives in its extreme environment. As do flamingos that eat said algae. But migrating birds that accidentally crash into its chemical-rich waters die and leave behind http://learning.planet.com/OTk3LUNISC0yNjUAAAGGmEF0ZEYOI2LPV6fe6Qup97WzyFsOmJ6jyz0I86XH1rM0QTkWbtCvImwQO-PTFI5QovDmQuc=.

PlanetScope • Lake Natron, Tanzania • January 3 - August 24, 2022

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