Salt, Please: Photo Diary of the Danakil Expedition Feb. 2008

Desert, salt and volcanoes: February 2008 tour photos by Tom Pfeiffer

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Our way leads us through dry savannah with the escarpment of the Rift valley in the background. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)

Our way leads us through dry savannah with the escarpment of the Rift valley in the background. (Pho... [info]
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Lake Awash at the bottom of the RIft Valley mirrors Fantale volcano. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer) [info]
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Stefan in the Awash savannah. (c) [info]
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Thanks to botanist Stefan, we find all sorts of strange plants. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer) [info]
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This one has really badly smelling flowers. Karinna rejects to get her nose closer... (c) [info]
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Grass steppe in the Awash National park. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer) [info]
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View onto the Awash river who has carved its bed deep into the layers of lava flows of the Rift Valley. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)

View onto the Awash river who has carved its bed deep into the layers of lava flows of the Rift Vall... [info]
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Sunset mood on the flat savanna of the Awash Natl. park (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer) [info]
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The truncated cone of Fantale volcano. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer) [info]
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On our way through the dry svannah to the trailhead to Fantale volcano (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer) [info]
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1047m a.s.l. We start hiking uphill on dry riverbeds and through more or less dense bush. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)

1047m a.s.l. We start hiking uphill on dry riverbeds and through more or less dense bush. (Photo: To... [info]
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Beautifully crafted nests dangle from the outer branches of Acacia trees. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer) [info]
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1700 m a.s.l. Finally,- Franz is the first to arrive on the rim and get a vew of the large caldera of Fantale volcano. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)

1700 m a.s.l. Finally,- Franz is the first to arrive on the rim and get a vew of the large caldera o... [info]
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Fantale is a large stratovolcano on the floor of the Ethiopian Rift Valley, truncated by a 6km wide caldera, which shows numerous deposits of young lava eruptions. The last one took place around 1820. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)

Fantale is a large stratovolcano on the floor of the Ethiopian Rift Valley, truncated by a 6km wide ... [info]
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It's getting hot at noon and it's always nice to find shade. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer) [info]
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Lunch rest at Fantale volcano's caldera. Mangos were never that delicious! (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer) [info]
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