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The Narrative Elizabeth Bathory: The Blood Royal Lady

A Tale of Power, Madness, and the Dark Legend of the Blood Countess

By Nora ArianaPublished about a year ago 3 min read

have you known about Medusa the snake-haired Greek beast who goes individuals to stone with a solitary look well she may be a fantasy yet there is a region so destructive that it could really go you to stone the scandalous Lake Natron what compels Lake Natron water so risky what sort of animals live there and might you at any point get by in the event that you fell in this is what in and this would occur on the off chance that you bounced into Lake Natron before we

nvestigate what lies under the surface for Lake Natron similar as the Dead Ocean this Tanzanian Lake runs off into no seas or streams this permits it to absorb all that pungent desert downpour soupy yet what makes it particularly deadly is its closeness to the dynamic fountain of liquid magma owes Doinyo Lengai the well of lava regurgitates an uncommon sort of magma wealthy in sodium and potassium carbonate called regular carbonatite or Natron for short delivering into the water this blend of sodium carbonate and sodium

bicarbonate were key fixings once utilized in Egyptian embalmment making the ideal additive in Lake structure the entire compound sythesis is very basic with pH levels of 10.5 near that of smelling salts this gives the lake its blushing tint any birds who end up taking a jump and don't make it out become calcified in a solidified stone like husk discuss solving two problems at once in 2013 natural life photographic artist Scratch Brandt was one of the first to record this

peculiarity he found a few stone birds and other unfortunate creatures in the dry season when the water had retreated he speculated that since the lake is so reflect like and intelligent the birds probably flown directly into maybe it was a major glass entryway yet in spite of such countless birds biting the dust in Lake Natron there is a specific animal groups prospering turns out the lakes poisonous waters give a place of refuge from hunters making it

wonderful flamingos running grounds so in the event that flamingos can deal with it would we be able to well it isn't so much that straightforward tragically flamingos flourish in pungent lakes in view of their hard skin and textured legs which forestall birds they can hydrate from neighboring Springs or springs at the edges of the lake and in the event that they're frantic enough they could in fact

channel saltwater with extraordinary organs in their nasal holes and to top everything off areas of strength for them permit them to benefit from the harmful green growth tracked down all through the lake this makes Lake Natron the ideal spot to raise and safeguard

their young so suppose we've attempted to reside like a flamingo and chose to take a plunge well contingent upon the season the water can be a sixty degrees which is sufficiently hot to cause severe singeing and five seconds or less likewise I wouldn't anticipate doing any extravagant jumps or cannonballs as it's shallowness is additionally

crammed with sharp pungent designs you wouldn't be gone to stone in a flash yet assuming that you end up suffocating and remain lowered your whole body would Solidify and be protected assuming individuals found you many years after the fact you could in any case have your hair and organs flawless ya still lookin sweet after such an extremely long time like preservation natron's really high alkalinity

stops the disintegration cycle fortunately this implies you'd be protected from vultures or some other hungry scroungers searching for a tidbit on the off chance that you held up into the lake when the water temperature was lower it could feel more like a hot tub yet your eyes or any serious injuries would sting like insane due to all that salt I'd tie on some goggles assuming I were you in 2007 another bird flew straight into this substance mixed drink a gathering of untamed life videographers dove into Lake Natron harmfulness when

their helicopter crashed the pilot experienced a wrecked leg and another traveler had a messed up hip extraordinarily one of the travelers figured out how to battle to shore and cautioned a portion of the Masai clans individuals close by they immediately fabricated cots and conveyed the harmed to land just under the wire despite the

fact that you could endure Lake Natron swatters I'd adhere to a pool assuming that I were you concerning our flamingo companions this simply demonstrates how the most brutal conditions can be a safe-haven for certain creatures yet in the event that you're needing something significantly more outrageous what about enduring a limnic ejections on your next swim figure you could deal with it make certain to look at our new series how to get by to figure out more you

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  • Marie381Uk 12 months ago

    Really brilliant story 🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺

  • Alex H Mittelman about a year ago

    Fantastic! Great work!

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