salt lake
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Haunting Satellite Imagery Shows Turkey’s Second-Largest Lake Has Dried Up
A new satellite image of Turkey’s Lake Tuz is gorgeous — and, if you know more about what it’s portraying, worrying. The stunning capture from the European Space Agency’s Sentinel-2 satellite shows Turkey’s second-largest lake has completely dried up this year, exposing a haunting expanse of salt.
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Thousands of Flamingos in Turkey Killed in Devastating Drought
A massive flamingo colony in central Turkey’s Lake Tuz has been devastated by a regional drought over the last two weeks. The severe dry spell turned the UNESCO-protected Lake Tuz (which translates to “Salt Lake”) into a sere, cracked wasteland, with clumps of unevaporated salt and the dead birds being the main evidence a massive…
