Any animal that touches this lethal lake turns to stone

Better title: "Anything that falls into it and dies becomes calcified"

Also note: "I took these creatures as I found them on the shoreline, and then placed them in ‘living’ positions, bringing them back to ‘life’, as it were"

This is the most amazing thing I have ever heard of. The creepy part lies in the fact the lake makes animals crash into its surface killing them and then preserving their bodies almost as if it is on purpose. The photos are extremely eerie and brilliant. I don't think I would want to go swimming in this lake, that's for sure.

I would however like to see the original colour photos the photographer took. Obviously they've been treated and edited a little, I would like to know how much they've been modified.

The lake is Lake Natron https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Natron

Summary of http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21929360.100-deadly-la...

The lake is interesting, but the images are - striking as they may be - fakes.

Please explain.

They're made to look like the animals died in these poses, but in reality the photographer picked them up from the shore and arranged them like that artificially.