Furnace
10-02-2013, 10:34 PM
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ACCORDING to Dante, the Styx is not just a river but a vast, deathly swamp filling the entire fifth circle of hell.
Maybe we will know when the time comes, until then, Lake Natron in northern Tanzania
does a pretty good job of illustrating Dante's vision.
Unless you are an alkaline tilapia (Alcolapia alcalica) – an extremophile fish adapted to the harsh conditions – it is not the best place to live.
Temperatures in the lake can reach 60 °C, and its alkalinity is between pH 9 and pH 10.5.
http://www.newscientist.com/data/images/ns/cms/mg21929360.100/mg21929360.100-2_1200.jpg
The lake takes its name from natron, a naturally occurring compound made mainly of sodium carbonate, with a bit of baking soda
(sodium bicarbonate) thrown in. Here, this has come from volcanic ash, accumulated from the Great Rift valley. Animals that
become immersed in the water die and are calcified.
Source:http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21929360.100-deadly-lake-turns-animals-into-statues.html#.Ukyd5Ibxqlf
Fascinating, but deadly! :eek:
ACCORDING to Dante, the Styx is not just a river but a vast, deathly swamp filling the entire fifth circle of hell.
Maybe we will know when the time comes, until then, Lake Natron in northern Tanzania
does a pretty good job of illustrating Dante's vision.
Unless you are an alkaline tilapia (Alcolapia alcalica) – an extremophile fish adapted to the harsh conditions – it is not the best place to live.
Temperatures in the lake can reach 60 °C, and its alkalinity is between pH 9 and pH 10.5.
http://www.newscientist.com/data/images/ns/cms/mg21929360.100/mg21929360.100-2_1200.jpg
The lake takes its name from natron, a naturally occurring compound made mainly of sodium carbonate, with a bit of baking soda
(sodium bicarbonate) thrown in. Here, this has come from volcanic ash, accumulated from the Great Rift valley. Animals that
become immersed in the water die and are calcified.
Source:http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21929360.100-deadly-lake-turns-animals-into-statues.html#.Ukyd5Ibxqlf
Fascinating, but deadly! :eek: