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Lake Turkana_National Geographic Magazine 4/2015 145 images Created 1 Apr 2021

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  • A man sells mirrors in the Kakuma Refugee Camp.
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  • Flamingos on Lake Turkana outside Elyse Springs.
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  • Algae grow in pools at the southern edge of Lake Turkana.
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  • A curious Nile crocodile inspects a remote camera near South Island.
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  • With spear and patience, El Molo tribesmen stalk fish the old way along the eastern shore of Lake Turkana.
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  • The Kenyan government supplies tents for dancers attending the Kalacha Cultural Festival.
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  • These fishermen already have soft bones from high fluoride levels in Lake Turkana. And like all desert water, the lake is vulnerable. Most of the lake's freshwater-some 90 percent-comes from the Omo River. Now the Ethiopians' plans for extensive development along the river, including a massive hydroelectric dam and water hungry sugar plantations, threatens to disrupt the Omo's eons-old flow and starve the lake. In the most dire scenarios, Lake Turkana will over the years slowly shrivel and die, turning the local population into refugees from an African dust bowl.
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  • Students clean dorms at a government school.
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  • Armed with a homemade slingshot and mud balls, a girl guards her sorghum crop from hungry birds.
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  • Suffering an unknown malady, a woman was slathered in mud by a Daasanach healer, who said evil spirits had caused her illness and the lake was her last hope for a cure.
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  • A Daasanach girl, shows a determined face as her mother prepares her for a pairing off ceremony, where men make offers for future wives.
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  • Waving whips, clubs, and traditional stools, Daasanach men dance their way into a crowd of potential wives at a pairing off ceremony in Ileret.
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  • People butcher a camel in Kakuma Refugee Camp.
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  • Fishing on Lake Turkana.
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  • A Bale ceremony, a pairing off ceremony.
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  • A Daasanach girl milks a cow.
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  • A fisherman with a bent back from consuming the polluted waters of Lake Turkana.
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  • An El Molo man crushes rocks in the village of Komote in Kenya's Lake Turkana region.
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  • A Daasanach fisherman with his boat on Lake Turkana.
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  • A fishing boat on Lake Turkana.
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  • A pairing-off ceremony, where men make offers for future wives.
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  • El Molo fishermen on a spit in Lake Turkana.
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  • Street scene in Nairobi at corner of Kenyatta and Kimathi in the city center.
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  • A photographer, wearing a blood-splattered shirt from a celebration of the Daasanach tribe.
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  • A windmill in Siboli National Park on Lake Turkana.
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  • Tens of thousand of flamingos feed on algae in a crater lake formed on Central Island, in Lake Turkana.
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  • Few full-blooded El Molo remain as most have intermarried with other Turkana tribes.
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  • People living in Kakuma Refugee Camp.
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  • Children play atop a truckload of dried fish in the village of Selicho.
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  • The family that supplied the bulls for the Nyicheriesee ceremony have the stomach contents of the bulls smeared onto them as a sign of respect.
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  • Fish hang to dry on the shore of Lake Turkana.
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  • An El Molo man deformed from drinking the polluted water of Lake Turkana.
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  • First day of a primary boarding school near Komote in Kenya's Lake Turkana region.
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  • Boys climb a tower in Kenya's Lake Turkana region.
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  • A fishing village in the Lake Turkana region of Kenya.
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  • A Daasanach girl during a Bale ceremony, a pairing off ceremony.
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  • A Daasanach child chews on an animal jawbone.
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  • People living in the Kakuma Refugee Camp near Lake Turkana.
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  • Aerial of Lake Turkana.
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  • Fishermen in Lake Turkana.
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  • Boys swim in the algae filled water of Elyse Springs.
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  • Pelicans in flight above Siboli National Park on Lake Turkana.
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  • Flamingos on Lake Turkana outside Elyse Springs.
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  • Tens of thousand of flamingos feed on algae in a crater lake formed on Central Island, in Lake Turkana.
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  • Boys pole a log boat on Lake Turkana.
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  • Kids play with a young crocodile snared and discarded by fishermen.
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  • Dancers attending the Kalacha Cultural Festival.
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  • Aerial view of El Molo Island in Lake Turkana. This island is where the last four El Molo live.
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  • El Molo fishermen put out their nets in Lake Turkana.
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  • El Molo fishermen catch a fish from Lake Turkana.
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  • A fish being weighed in the Lake Turkana region of Kenya.
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  • Fishermen snare a young crocodile.
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  • Preparation for a Nyicheriesee ceremony, a pairing off ceremony.
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  • Students attend a school in Ileret, Kenya.
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  • Students attend a school in Ileret, Kenya.
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  • Fish drying in an El Molo village on Lake Turkana.
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  • Nyicheriesee ceremony is an age-set ceremony about killing bulls and sheep... it also has indirect effect of gathering people for the eventual Guol which is one step in the long process of a girl becoming a woman.
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  • Aerials of Lake Turkana.
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  • A Bale ceremony, a pairing off ceremony.
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  • A man catches a fish on Ferguson Gulf in the Lake Turkana area of Kenya.
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  • Kids play with a young crocodile snared and discarded by fishermen.
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  • Turkana camel herders swim in Lake Turkana outside Elyse Springs.
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  • A woman attends a Nyicheriesee ceremony, a pairing off ceremony.
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  • El Molo fishermen put out their nets in Lake Turkana.
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  • An El Molo woman on the shore of Lake Turkana.
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  • A dog inspects a fisherman's catch on the shore of Lake Turkana.
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  • Fishermen in Komote, an El Molo village in Kenya's Lake Turkana region.
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  • An El Molo woman drinks at the water's edge in Komote in Kenya's Lake Turkana region.
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  • A goat is speared for a wedding celebration.
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  • A goat is killed, roasted and shared at a wedding celebration.
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  • Buluk area peace conference between the Gabra and Daasanach.
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  • Fishermen on the shore of Lake Turkana.
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  • Boys pour water into buckets from Lake Turkana.
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  • Preparations for a Bale ceremony, a pairing off ceremony.
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  • Flamingos on Lake Turkana outside Elyse Springs.
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  • Tens of thousand of flamingos feed on algae in a crater lake formed on Central Island, in Lake Turkana.
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  • Tens of thousand of flamingos feed on algae in a crater lake formed on Central Island, in Lake Turkana.
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  • Tens of thousand of flamingos feed on algae in a crater lake formed on Central Island, in Lake Turkana.
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  • Tens of thousand of flamingos feed on algae in a crater lake formed on Central Island, in Lake Turkana.
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  • Tens of thousand of flamingos feed on algae in a crater lake formed on Central Island, in Lake Turkana.
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  • Boys pole a log boat on Lake Turkana.
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  • Boys pole a log boat on Lake Turkana.
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  • Crocodile Island in Lake Turkana.
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  • Aerial of Kenya's Omo Delta near Ileret.
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  • Aerial of Kenya's Omo Delta near Ileret.
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  • Aerial of a village on Kenya's Omo Delta near Ileret.
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  • A Daasanach fisherman with his boat on Lake Turkana.
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  • Boys pole a log boat on Lake Turkana.
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  • Daasanach fishermen in the reeds of Lake Turkana.
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  • Armed with a homemade slingshot and mud balls, a girl guards her sorghum crop from hungry birds.
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  • A fisherman cleans the nets before going out to set them in the evening.
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  • A fish being weighed in the Lake Turkana region of Kenya.
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  • Fishermen in Lake Turkana.
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  • With spear and patience, El Molo tribesmen stalk fish the old way along the eastern shore of Lake Turkana.
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  • Turkana camel herders bring camels to water on Lake Turkana outside Elyse Springs.
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  • The Catholic mission in Lokichar.
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  • Dancers attending the Kalacha Cultural Festival.
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  • Cattle drink from Lake Turkana.
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  • A pig rests at the edge of Lake Turkana.
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  • Cattle drink from Lake Turkana.
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