round trip to Shinyanga, middle of nowhere. Only positive aspect about this flight is to fly overhead lake Eyasi, located just south of Ngorongoro crater. This is another salt lake like Natron, Manyara, Bogoria…all more or less in line in the Rift Valley.
western shoreline, the parallel salt lines are very visible here.
except for the colors, the patterns are quite similar to lake Natron, salt being pushed by the wind here and there, leaving artistic marks.
dry river coming from the cliff.
like all the salt lakes I know in Tanzania, this one is shallow, very shallow. So as soon as the dry season sets in, the water evaporates at an apparent quick rate and leaves salt islands behind.
underneath the clouds, the Ngorongoro mountains. In the foreground, that escarpment is where the Serengeti, spreading to the left, stops in this area. More dry rivers where trees have a better chance to grow alongside.
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