![]() The mineral trona can also be found in the lake’s waters. The lake is over 30 km long and has a notably high salt content, and in some places the salt is up to 40 metres thick. The pink-coloured waters of Lake Magadi can also be seen at the top of the image. The extinct Gelai Volcano, standing at 2942 m tall, is visible southeast of the lake. In fact, the lake is home to the highest concentrations of lesser and greater flamingos in East Africa, where they feed on spirulina – a green algae with red pigments. The saline waters make the lake inhospitable for many plants and animals, yet the surrounding salt water marshes are a surprising habitat for flamingos. ![]() Despite its dark colour in this image, Lake Natron is often bright red owing to the presence of microorganisms that feed on the salts of the water. ![]() Lake Natron is around 60 km long and is fed mainly by the Ewaso Ng'iro River. The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over two saline lakes in East Africa: the larger Lake Natron in northern Tanzania and the smaller Lake Magadi, just over the border in Kenya. ![]()
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