Here’s a totally normal thing that exists: a lake with a pH so far to the base end of the scale that when birds crash-land in it, they not only die but also calcify.
Of course, like any everyday person would do, photographer Nick Brandt gathered up the mummified bird corpses, posed them, and took pictures of them for his new book Across the Ravaged Land.
The results are kind of horrific, but also strikingly beautiful, like Tim Burton creations if . (The cover of the book is a stunner as well.)
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