Lakebed with drilling rig (IMAGE)

University of Arizona

Lakebed with drilling rig

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During the dry season, evaporating water leaves behind trona crystals, which grow on the lakebed of Lake Magadi, the southernmost lake in the Kenyan Rift Valley. A drilling rig used in the study is seen towering above the dry lakebed.

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Andrew Cohen/University of Arizona

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