Thursday, November 5, 2009

Lake Chad


I never got the opportunity to see the Lake Chad. It was not possible to go by the car, and too long to walk in the heat. I would have loved to see it though, as the lake looks really interesting from above:

http://www.mongabay.com/images/external/2005/lake_chad_21oct2001.jpg

The lake is quite dynamic, it expands and then it shrinks. It depends on the year. Because of this I could see traces, like these white shells, from when the lake was where we were:


We found a boat as well from the colonization era:

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