Lake Natron
About Lake Natron
Lake Natron is a highly alkaline salt lake located in north Ngorongoro District of Arusha Region in Tanzania with its far northern end crossing into Kajiado County and Narok County in Kenya. It is in the Gregory Rift, which is the eastern branch of the East African Rift. The lake is within the Lake Natron Basin, a Ramsar Site wetland of international significance.
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There is a volcano called Gelai Volcano, which is near Lake Natron, which is in Tanzania, and their lava is made out of natrocarbonateite, and it has a different melting point to normal rock, which means it's a lot colder than normal volcanoes. It is 510 degrees Celsius, so it's not that cold, but it is about half the temperature of a normal volcano.
from 123: No Such Thing As A Molten Lava Football Pitch, 2016-07-22 at 00:07:31 · read transcript
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