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Desert, Salt and Volcanoes

- expedition to Erta Ale volcano and the Danakil depression (Ethiopia) -

A selection of photos from this tour. Reload to see more photos!
(Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
Roland walking over an area on the northern caldera rim, where wet fumaroles are present and create bizarre formations on the soft ground. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
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(Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
(Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
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Photographing Dallol's salt lakes (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
(Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
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Magmatic gas escapes from the lava lake and creates spectacular fountains. The liquid lava is thrown many meters into the air, bursting into thousands of fragments. When liquid pieces are torn by the expanding escaping gas, lava is often torn into thin glassy threads, so-called Pele's hair. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
(Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
(Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
View onto the lava lake across the lower terrace from the north. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
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Silhouette of Michael, our film maker on tour. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
(Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
(Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
As the evening of 26 Nov approaches, no overflows occur. Despite the violently boiling lava inside, the ring wall seems impossibly stable. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
(Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
350 m a.s.l. Spectacular hornitos from some recent flank eruption invite for a break. Frank has climbed one. (c)
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