Lake Natron


I ka'ākau o ka'āinaʻAmelikaʻo Tanzania , ma ka palena me Kenya, aia kahi loko kūʻokoʻa - Natron. I kēlā me kēia makahiki, eʻoliʻoli ana ia i nā malihini he nui i hele mai maʻaneʻi e mahalo i kona hiʻohiʻonaʻano'ē, e hoʻomanaʻo ana i kahi'āina malihini. No laila, eʻike i ka mea huna o nā waiʻulaʻula o ke kai a no ke kumu e pale ai nā kānaka o nā kauhale a puni i kēia wahi.

ʻO keʻano o ka moanaʻo Natron

ʻO ke kahawaiʻo Lake Natron (ʻo kona hohonu ke piʻi mai ke 1.5 a 3 m), no laila e mahana ai 50 a 60% C. ʻO ka nui o nā paʻakai sodium i loko o nā wai o ke kai, he kiʻekiʻe loa ia i kahi kiʻi kiʻi ma luna o ka honua, a ma nā mahina makaliʻi loa (Pepeluali a me Malaki) a lilo ka wai i mea maʻamau no kēia. Hoʻomaopopo kēia mau mea i ka hana o ka cyanobacteria halophilic e noho nei ma Lake Natron, no ka puaʻa o ka wai he kala koko. Akā,ʻo ke aka o ka wai e like me ka wā a me ka hohonu - hiki i ke kai ke alani a iʻole ka'ōmaʻomaʻo, ai kekahi manawa e nānā aku i kahi loko iʻa.

Akā,ʻo ka mea nui loa a me ka hoʻonanea,ʻo ka wai o Natron i Tanzania he mea weliweli ia. Ma muli o ke kiʻekiʻe kiʻekiʻe o ka alkali,ʻo ka wai paʻakai i paʻakai ke kaiʻia i ka wela nui inā e bapetizoʻia kahi kanaka, holoholona a manu paha i loko o ke kai. Eia maʻaneʻi uaʻike nā manu he nui i ka make. Ma hope iho, ua paʻakikī a hōʻanohuʻia ko lākou kino, ua uhi iā lākou iho me nā mea kohuke. Ua loaʻa ka nui o kēia koena o nā manu maanei e ka mea kiʻi kiʻi Nick Brandt, e 'ohi ana i nā mea no kāna puke "On Tortured Earth." ʻO kāna mau kiʻi, kaulana i kēia loko iʻa no ka honua holoʻokoʻa, lilo ia i kumu o ka moʻolelo,ʻo ia hoʻi e'ōlelo nei ua kapaʻo Lake Natron i nā holoholona i pōhaku.

Aia wale nō nā holoholona e hiki ke noho maʻaneʻi. Eia kekahi laʻana, i ke kauwela, i ka wā o ke kauʻana, e lele ana nā kaukani liʻiliʻi i ka moana. Hākulu lākou i nā pūnana ma nā pōhaku a me nā mokupuni o ka paʻakai, aʻo ka mahana wela e hāʻawi ai i nā manu e hānai i nā hua ma lalo o ka pale o ke kai. ʻAʻole kēia he mea hoʻolaha pahuhopu, hopohopoʻia e ke ala nuiʻole e hele mai ana mai ka moana.

No nā kānaka,ʻo kaʻohana o ka sala mai kaʻohana Masai e noho ana ma ka moana he mau kama'āina maoli. Ua noho lākou maʻaneʻi no nā haneli he mau makahiki, me ka mālama pono i ko lākou'āina, a lākou e hoʻohana ai i mau'āina. Ma ke ala, ma kēia wahi i loaʻa nā koena o Homo Sapiens, e moe ana ma ka lepo no kaʻoi aku o 30 mau makahiki. ʻOiai,ʻaʻole ia he meaʻole ka manaʻo o ka'āinaʻAmelika i kahi hānau hānau o ke kanaka.

Pehea e hiki ai i Lake Natron ma Tanzania?

ʻO ke kūlanakauhale nui loa o Tanzania , kahi kokoke i ke Kaiʻo Natron,ʻo Arusha ia , ma kahi o 240 km. Hiki ke loaʻa iāʻoe ma ka kaʻa mai Dar es Salaam aiʻole Dodoma . Eia kekahi, ma kahi e pili ana iā Arusha ka moku honua nui .

ʻAʻoleʻo National Natron e hoʻonohonoho i nā huakaʻi hoʻokahi. Hiki iāʻoe ke hōʻea i kēia wahi kūikawā ma nāʻaoʻaoʻelua: i ka manawa o ka huakaʻi i ka lua pele o Oldoino-Lengai, aiʻole ma ke kaʻawaleʻana, ma ka hoʻolimalimaʻana i kahi kaʻa ma waho o Arusha. Eia naʻe, e hoʻomanaʻo i ka heleʻana o kēlā me kēia huakaʻi,ʻo ka mua, eʻoi aku ka uku iāʻoe, aʻo ka lua,ʻo ia ke kūponoʻole kahi alakaʻi a alakaʻi paha mai waena mai o ka poʻe noho.