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

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Making "ful" brings not only great taste, but great colors into Ahmed Ela as well. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
Making "ful" brings not only great taste, but great colors into Ahmed Ela as well. (Photo: Tom Pfei... [info]
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Ful - close up. It is eaten with fresh bread, which is of wonderful taste as well, thanks to Italian traditions living on... Buon Appetito! (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
Ful - close up. It is eaten with fresh bread, which is of wonderful taste as well, thanks to Italian... [info]
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Stefan washing his - ähem - hair... (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
Stefan washing his - ähem - hair... (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer) [info]
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Another excursion takes us to Dallol volcano: the volcano is hidden beneath the thick salt, but domes the salt layers above it up to a broad flat hill. Erosion carves out canyons in the salt flanks. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
Another excursion takes us to Dallol volcano: the volcano is hidden beneath the thick salt, but dome... [info]
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We hike uphill to Dallol, the strange volcano... (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
We hike uphill to Dallol, the strange volcano... (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer) [info]
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Green acid lakes, red and yellow sulphur deposits, thin dangerous crust,- some of the ingredients of Dallol. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
Green acid lakes, red and yellow sulphur deposits, thin dangerous crust,- some of the ingredients of... [info]
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A beautiful sulphate "egg" close-up. It's about 3 cm small. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
A beautiful sulphate "egg" close-up. It's about 3 cm small. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer) [info]
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Old tanks at the abandoned potash mine at Dallol. The heat is starting to be significant... (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
Old tanks at the abandoned potash mine at Dallol. The heat is starting to be significant... (Photo: ... [info]
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A dark-blue lake near the eruptive center of the 1928 eruption. It has a surface of thin salt crust that moves with convection. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
A dark-blue lake near the eruptive center of the 1928 eruption. It has a surface of thin salt crust ... [info]
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In the heat of noon, we seek shelter in the shadow of a salt island towering in the lake. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
In the heat of noon, we seek shelter in the shadow of a salt island towering in the lake. (Photo: To... [info]
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Close-up of salt - the whole lake and the rocks surrounding us are made of this! "Just pick it up from the ground", jokes Solomon when I ask for salt for the lunch... And by the way, it tastes really good. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
Close-up of salt - the whole lake and the rocks surrounding us are made of this!
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Cubic salt crystals. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
Cubic salt crystals. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer) [info]
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Eroded solid salt. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
Eroded solid salt. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer) [info]
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Salt cutters at work at Lake Assale. Each block should weigh precisely 7 kgs.This high-qualified work is only done by the Afar who own the lake. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
Salt cutters at work at Lake Assale. Each block should weigh precisely 7 kgs.This high-qualified wor... [info]
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Camels waiting to be loaded with salt blocks. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
Camels waiting to be loaded with salt blocks. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer) [info]
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Proud camel owners, the "Arho". (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
Proud camel owners, the "Arho". (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer) [info]
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