Desert, Salt & Volcanoes: tour photos from the November 2015 Danakil expedition by Ingrid Smet
DAY 8: From Erta Ale to Amadelah - ostriches on the run (Photo: Ingrid) [info]
(162 Hits)
(162 Hits)
DAY 8:From Erta Ale to Amadelah . on the road, nothing but silty dusty sand and volcanic mountains ... [info]
(200 Hits)
(200 Hits)
DAY 8:From Erta Ale to Amadelah . on the road, nothing but silty dusty sand and volcanic mountains ... [info]
(169 Hits)
(169 Hits)
DAY 8:From Erta Ale to Amadelah . on the road, nothing but silty dusty sand and volcanic mountains ... [info]
(190 Hits)
(190 Hits)
DAY 8:From Erta Ale to Amadelah - on the road (Photo: Ingrid) [info]
(159 Hits)
(159 Hits)
DAY 8:From Erta Ale to Amadelah - on the road (Photo: Ingrid) [info]
(146 Hits)
(146 Hits)
DAY 8:From Erta Ale to Amadelah - on the road (Photo: Ingrid) [info]
(185 Hits)
(185 Hits)
DAY 8:From Erta Ale to Amadelah - two brothers who wanted to have their picture taken in a Afar/Tigr... [info]
(212 Hits)
(212 Hits)
DAY 8:From Erta Ale to Amadelah - the nice thought of handing out some pencils and pens always quick... [info]
(191 Hits)
(191 Hits)
DAY 10: As I fell ill in the afternoon of day 8 (dehydration) and needed day 9 to recover, I missed ... [info]
(180 Hits)
(180 Hits)
DAY 10: Lake Assale - ...coming across many a camel caravan along the way! (Photo: Ingrid) [info]
(146 Hits)
(146 Hits)
DAY 10: Lake Assale - A group picture on a dried out part of the salt lake, enthusiastically taken b... [info]
(171 Hits)
(171 Hits)
DAY 10: Lake Assale - Cracks and rims across the evaporated salt plain (Photo: Ingrid) [info]
(216 Hits)
(216 Hits)
DAY 10: Lake Assale - Our driver, Tsegay, showing off the handmade sun had bought from a local Afar ... [info]
(158 Hits)
(158 Hits)
DAY 10: Lake Assale - The small water pond amidst the red-brown salt deposits has an attractive blue... [info]
(188 Hits)
(188 Hits)
DAY 10: Lake Assale - ...but where it bubbles up, the yellow colour of this hydrothermal water becom... [info]
(204 Hits)
(204 Hits)
DAY 10: Lake Assale - Small ponds of water amidst the sculpted salt deposits near Dallol (Photo: Ing... [info]
(164 Hits)
(164 Hits)
DAY 10: Lake Assale - Small ponds of water amidst the sculpted salt deposits near Dallol (Photo: Ing... [info]
(188 Hits)
(188 Hits)
DAY 10: Lake Assale - Small ponds of water amidst the sculpted salt deposits near Dallol (Photo: Ing... [info]
(153 Hits)
(153 Hits)
DAY 10: Lake Assale - Colourfull layers of salt reflected in a small hydrothermal water pool (Photo:... [info]
(158 Hits)
(158 Hits)
DAY 10: Lake Assale - Small ponds of water amidst the sculpted salt deposits near Dallol (Photo: Ing... [info]
(174 Hits)
(174 Hits)
DAY 10: Lake Assale - Random structures formed through evaporation of salt brines (Photo: Ingrid) [info]
(219 Hits)
(219 Hits)
DAY 10: Lake Assale - Salt crystals (Photo: Ingrid) [info]
(182 Hits)
(182 Hits)
DAY 10: Lake Assale - For birds flying across the scorching Danakil desert, the small pools of water... [info]
(197 Hits)
(197 Hits)
DAY 10 - Lake Assale - traditonal transporters of the salt, camels are waiting patiently to be loade... [info]
(141 Hits)
(141 Hits)
DAY 10: Lake Assale -The traditional way of salt mining involves hacking out layers of salt... (Phot... [info]
(166 Hits)
(166 Hits)
DAY 10: Lake Assale -...which are then cut into specificall sized tiles (Photo: Ingrid) [info]
(185 Hits)
(185 Hits)
DAY 10: Lake Assale - As the modern network of roads in Ethiopia improves and extends, the camel is ... [info]
(160 Hits)
(160 Hits)
DAY 10: Lake Assale - Salt tiles neatly packed and wrapped ... (Photo: Ingrid) [info]
(174 Hits)
(174 Hits)
DAY 10: Lake Assale -...before they are loaded onto the camel (Photo: Ingrid) [info]
(195 Hits)
(195 Hits)
DAY 10: Lake Assale - Glistening white salt crystals and brine at the shoreline of lake Assale (Phot... [info]
(170 Hits)
(170 Hits)
DAY 10: Lake Assale - Glistening white salt crystals and brine at the shoreline of lake Assale (Phot... [info]
(180 Hits)
(180 Hits)