Desert, salt and volcanoes: February 2008 tour photos by Tom Pfeiffer
164 m a.s.l. The dirt road winds descending into the Danakil desert. At roughly -120 below sea level... [info]
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Only 100 m above sea level. A ghostly, tornado-like dust devil greets us on our way through fault-cu... [info]
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The remnants of an eroded volcano in the desert (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer) [info]
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We "climb" the axis of the rift zone near Logia. Behind is the Danakil... (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer) [info]
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0 m a.s.l. Although not yet at its bottom, we are already in the Danakil desert, here in a part wher... [info]
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Grande Said! Our (excellent!) 4x4 driver doesn't miss out the chance to get us a fresh cold beer at ... [info]
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-80 m a.s.l. We have reached the flat bootom of the Danakil depression. A large, fresh-looking lava ... [info]
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The goal of today is (almost reached!) - a large salt lake, Lake Afrera, at -120 m a.s.l., occupies ... [info]
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It's 6am, but we decided to join some workers in the salines. It's a tough job to harvest the salt f... [info]
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A young worker from Afrera salt lake. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer) [info]
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Life (and living conditions) is simple. Precious water from wells is transported by donkeys and fill... [info]
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Marco and 3 young boys writing their names. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer) [info]
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On the road again - well, there's no roads any longer, only tracks that change according to conditio... [info]
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Lunch break. It looks like the area has recently been flooded. Remarkably, the stones didn't sink in... [info]
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Mud cracks. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer) [info]
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Mud cracks. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer) [info]
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