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Photo by @randyolson | words by @neilshea13 — The sun is low. It sinks behind black volcanoes and pulls night down behind. For once there is no wind. It is that rarest quiet, last breath between daylight and darkness, when the heat breaks and the lake lies still and without color. Along shore little waves curl over the mud and tiny birds run before them, crying softly. A dozen yards out several fishing boats sleep at their moorings while behind you, in camp, a fire has been lit. It glows yellow between the tents. Soon the others will expect you. Not yet, though, you have a few more minutes. First stars glimmer overhead and the shorebirds’ chirps are reassuring. There’s a scent of salt, of gasoline. Everything feels familiar and the lake looks like the sea. These last few days have been hard, hot, leaving you skinned with sweat and dust. A quick dunk would work wonders. You’ve seen the locals do it—what was it they said? But the odds of that are so low, and later, at the fire, it will make a good story. You look around. Waves wash cool over your toes. You notice the birds are gone. Nothing moves on the water, nothing moves up the beach. No deeper than my knees, you say, stepping in. No more than a moment.
These Instagram pieces are part of our ongoing project, #NGwatershedstories, and they’re linked to our feature article on Kenya’s Lake Turkana in the August issue of @ナショナルジオグラフィック magazine. For the last six years, we’ve been documenting culture, change, and conflict in the ecosystem that connects southern Ethiopia and northern Kenya, and we hope you’ll join us @randyolson and @neilshea13 as we follow water down the desert.

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