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Erta Ale + Dallol expedition Nov-Dec 2010 - photos:

VolcanoDiscovery stayed on Erta Ale between 25 and 28 November. We were surprised to find the south crater filled with fresh flows, and the lava lake overflowing onto the caldera. The following photos, arranged in chronological order, give an impression of the activity and the changes of the lava lake in the south crater. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)

Erta Ale volcano Nov 2010: overflowing lava lake (32 Images)

Bas bubbles bursting on the surface of the lava lake. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)

Erta Ale volcano Nov 2010: lava fountains (32 Images)

Erta Ale volcano Nov 2010: lava colors (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)

Erta Ale volcano Nov 2010: lava colors (34 Images)

Expedition photos taken during late Nov 2010 when we stayed 3 days on the crater of Erta Ale volcano in the Danakil desert. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)

Erta Ale volcano Nov 2010: people on the volcano (16 Images)

Yellow sulfur ponds, green acid lakes, towers, salt geysers, black and red salts - Dallol is perhaps the most alien and bizarre landscape on earth! (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)

Dallol Dec 2010: bizarre landscapes (95 Images)

Dallol Dec 2010: the grand salt lake (Lake Assale) (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)

Dallol Dec 2010: the grand salt lake (Lake Assale) (24 Images)

Danakil expedition Nov-Dec 2010: Rift Valley & Danakil desert (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)

Danakil expedition Nov-Dec 2010: Rift Valley & Danakil desert (52 Images)

Photos taken between Addis Ababa, the Danakil desert and Mekele town Nov-Dec 2010. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)

Danakil expedition Nov-Dec 2010: tour photos (74 Images)

Dallol volcano (Danakil desert, Ethiopia):

Dallol & the salt lake Nov 2009 (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)

Dallol & the salt lake Nov 2009 (48 Images)

Danakil expedition Jan-Feb 09: Dallol hot springs (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)

Danakil expedition Jan-Feb 09: Dallol hot springs (61 Images)

Yellow sulfur ponds, green acid lakes, towers, salt geysers, black and red salts - Dallol is perhaps the most alien and bizarre landscape on earth! (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)

Dallol Dec 2010: bizarre landscapes (95 Images)

Dallol Dec 2010: the grand salt lake (Lake Assale) (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)

Dallol Dec 2010: the grand salt lake (Lake Assale) (24 Images)

Dallol Dec 2010: ghost town & potash factory (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)

Dallol Dec 2010: ghost town & potash factory (16 Images)

Danakil expedition Nov-Dec 08, part III: Dallol (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)

Danakil expedition Nov-Dec 08, part III: Dallol (78 Images)

Dallol volcano, Feb. 2008: photos (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)

Dallol volcano, Feb. 2008: photos (59 Images)

Erta Ale volcano (Ethiopia):

Subsets:

Erta Ale, Dallol & Danakil Expedition Nov-Dez 09:

Erta Ale volcano: November 2009 (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)

Erta Ale volcano: November 2009 (65 Images)

Erta Ale Nov 2009: lava lake crust and fountains (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)

Erta Ale Nov 2009: lava lake crust and fountains (79 Images)

Danakil expedition Nov-Dec 2009: expedition on Erta Ale (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)

Danakil expedition Nov-Dec 2009: expedition on Erta Ale (36 Images)

Danakil expedition Nov-Dec 2009: way to Erta Ale (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)

Danakil expedition Nov-Dec 2009: way to Erta Ale (40 Images)

Danakil expedition Nov-Dec 2009: Ahmed Ela after a rainstorm (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)

Danakil expedition Nov-Dec 2009: Ahmed Ela after a rainstorm (63 Images)

Danakil expedition Nov-Dec 2009: way back to the highlands (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)

Danakil expedition Nov-Dec 2009: way back to the highlands (32 Images)

Danakil expedition Nov-Dec 09: additional photos (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)

Danakil expedition Nov-Dec 09: additional photos (605 Images)

Danakil expedition Nov-Dec 09: Paul's photos (Photo: Paul Nicholson)

Danakil expedition Nov-Dec 09: Paul's photos (9 Images)

Ethiopia Jan-Feb 2009:

Erta Ale expedition Jan-Feb 2009: the lava lake (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)

Erta Ale expedition Jan-Feb 2009: the lava lake (42 Images)

Erta Ale volcano Jan-Feb 2009: lava fountains (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)

Erta Ale volcano Jan-Feb 2009: lava fountains (54 Images)

Erta Ale volcano: lava patterns (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)

Erta Ale volcano: lava patterns (37 Images)

Expedition to the Danakil desert Jan-Feb 2009: tour photos (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)

Expedition to the Danakil desert Jan-Feb 2009: tour photos (163 Images)

On and around Erta Ale volcano (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)

On and around Erta Ale volcano (13 Images)

Danakil expedition Jan-Feb 2009: Afdera Salt Lake (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)

Danakil expedition Jan-Feb 2009: Afdera Salt Lake (16 Images)

Danakil expedition Jan-Feb 09: Great Salt Lake (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)

Danakil expedition Jan-Feb 09: Great Salt Lake (38 Images)

Expedition to the Danakil Jan-Feb 09: Ahmed Ela & salt caravanes (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)

Expedition to the Danakil Jan-Feb 09: Ahmed Ela & salt caravanes (36 Images)

Ethiopia Jan-Feb 2009: Geralta sandstone mountains (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)

Ethiopia Jan-Feb 2009: Geralta sandstone mountains (32 Images)

Ethiopia Jan-Feb 2009: additional photos (554 Images)

Erta Ale & Dallol - Danakil expedition Nov-Dec 2008:

Danakil expedition Nov-Dec 08, part I: Erta Ale volcano (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)

Danakil expedition Nov-Dec 08, part I: Erta Ale volcano (47 Images)

Danakil expedition Nov-Dec 08, part II: lava fountains (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)

Danakil expedition Nov-Dec 08, part II: lava fountains (32 Images)

Danakil expedition Nov-Dec 08, part IV: The salt plain (Lake Assale) (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)

Danakil expedition Nov-Dec 08, part IV: The salt plain (Lake Assale) (27 Images)

The photos havn' been sorted and brushed through yet... (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)

Danakil expedition Nov-Dec 08: tour photos (312 Images)

Danakil expedition Nov-Dec 08: additional photos (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)

Danakil expedition Nov-Dec 08: additional photos (733 Images)

Danakil expedition Nov-Dec 08, part V: Afdera salt lake (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)

Danakil expedition Nov-Dec 08, part V: Afdera salt lake (27 Images)

Ethiopia Nov-Dec 2008: impressions from the highlands (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)

Ethiopia Nov-Dec 2008: impressions from the highlands (120 Images)

Erta Ale & Dallol expedition Feb 2008:

From dusk to dawn: a night at the lava lake (Erta Ale volcano expedition 02/08) (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)

From dusk to dawn: a night at the lava lake (Erta Ale volcano expedition 02/08) (16 Images)

Erta Ale Feb. 2008 - lava lake fountains (2) (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)

Erta Ale Feb. 2008 - lava lake fountains (2) (98 Images)

Erta Ale volcano, expedition 02/08 - lava fountains (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)

Erta Ale volcano, expedition 02/08 - lava fountains (62 Images)

Erta Ale volcano expedition 02/08: lava bubbles and fountains at night (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)

Erta Ale volcano expedition 02/08: lava bubbles and fountains at night (21 Images)

Erta Ale volcano (Ethiopia), lava lake patterns (Feb 08) (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)

Erta Ale volcano (Ethiopia), lava lake patterns (Feb 08) (20 Images)

Erta Ale volcano (Ethiopia), miscellaneous (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)

Erta Ale volcano (Ethiopia), miscellaneous (20 Images)

Salt, please: from 2300 m to -120 m a.s.l. (tour diary, Feb. 08) (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)

Salt, please: from 2300 m to -120 m a.s.l. (tour diary, Feb. 08) (132 Images)

Additional Photos: Danakil 02/08 (222 Images)

At Dallol there was a mining community where an Italian and later a U.S. company mined potash; being in use since the early 1900s it was abandoned in the 1960s. As most buildings were made of salt blocks and because of the extremely aggressive environment, the town and factory as well as what remains of a railway leading to Eritrea is little more than a pile of rubble and rust today. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)

Dallol ghost town: old potash mine at Dallol volcano (14 Images)

Afrera salt lake - southern Danakil (Jan 08) (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)

Afrera salt lake - southern Danakil (Jan 08) (18 Images)

On our expedition to the Danakil, we spent a night at Lake Afrera and joined some of the workers in the salines in the early morning. Their friendliness struck me,- I think the company of tourists was a welcome change from the daily routine. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)

Afrera salt lake workers (Jan 08) (26 Images)

Lake Assale salt caravans and salt workers, Lake Assale (additional photos, Feb 08) (93 Images)

Lake Assale hosts the Afars' richness - salt. For century, salt has been exported on caravans from here to all of Ethiopia and beyond. The procedure has little changed until today. On oour expedition, we had the opportunity to witnes the complete cycle. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)

The cycle of salt (salt caravans, Lake Assale, Feb 08) (32 Images)

Smiling Ethiopia: people (Feb 08) (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)

Smiling Ethiopia: people (Feb 08) (20 Images)

Ethiopia: colors (Jan-Feb. 2008) (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)

Ethiopia: colors (Jan-Feb. 2008) (27 Images)

Galleries:

VolcanoDiscovery stayed on Erta Ale between 25 and 28 November. We were surprised to find the south crater filled with fresh flows, and the lava lake overflowing onto the caldera. The following photos, arranged in chronological order, give an impression of the activity and the changes of the lava lake in the south crater. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)

Erta Ale volcano Nov 2010: overflowing lava lake (32 Images)

Bas bubbles bursting on the surface of the lava lake. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)

Erta Ale volcano Nov 2010: lava fountains (32 Images)

Desert, Salt & Volcanoes - Danakil Nov 2011 photos (Photo: Reinhard Radke)

Desert, Salt & Volcanoes - Danakil Nov 2011 photos (6 Images)

Erta Ale, Dallol & Danakil