Desert, Salt & Volcanoes: tour photos from the November 2015 Danakil expedition by Ingrid Smet
DAYS 5-6-7: Erta Ale - The caldera floor is covered with intricately folded and wrinkled old pahoeho... [info]
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DAYS 5-6-7: Erta Ale - As we get closer to the crater with the active lava lake, we notice increasin... [info]
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DAYS 5-6-7: Erta Ale - First view onto the lava lake - its level is surprisingly high, in fact the h... [info]
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DAYS 5-6-7: Erta Ale - ... is continuously produced when exploding lava bubbles propel thin threads ... [info]
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DAYS 5-6-7: Erta Ale - The high level of the lava lake allows spectacularly close observation of the... [info]
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DAYS 5-6-7: Erta Ale - The edges of the lava lake ar the scene of exploding lava bubbles, small shor... [info]
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DAYS 5-6-7: Erta Ale - The edges of the lava lake ar the scene of exploding lava bubbles, small shor... [info]
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DAYS 5-6-7: Erta Ale - The edges of the lava lake ar the scene of exploding lava bubbles, small shor... [info]
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DAYS 5-6-7: Erta Ale - The edges of the lava lake ar the scene of exploding lava bubbles, small shor... [info]
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DAYS 5-6-7: Erta Ale - The edges of the lava lake ar the scene of exploding lava bubbles, small shor... [info]
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DAYS 5-6-7: Erta Ale - The edges of the lava lake ar the scene of exploding lava bubbles, small shor... [info]
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DAYS 5-6-7: Erta Ale - Overview of the (very!) active lava lake under an unusual cloudy sky. Pele´s ... [info]
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DAYS 5-6-7: Erta Ale - Detail of fresh (a day old?) lava spattering a top Pele´s hair, near the rim ... [info]
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DAYS 5-6-7: Erta Ale - Activity at the edge of the lava lake is the expression of the lake´s interna... [info]
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DAYS 5-6-7: Erta Ale - Detail of golden-brown Pele´s hair accumulated onto the surface of old pahoeh... [info]
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Image from 1 ago (November 2015) to compare the previous panorama with this overview onto the active... [info]
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DAYS 5-6-7: Erta Ale - Lost in the folds and wrinkles of a pahoehoe lava desert. (Photo: Ingrid) [info]
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DAYS 5-6-7: Erta Ale - View across the Erta Ale caldera and its two currently active vents with in t... [info]
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DAYS 5-6-7: Erta Ale - The small hill, a remnant of older volcanic deposits, is a convenient look-ou... [info]
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DAYS 5-6-7: Erta Ale - First view onto the second active crater at Erta Ale´s summit, with the centr... [info]
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DAYS 5-6-7: Erta Ale - Our local Erta Ale guide, Mohammed, on top of an older hornito near the rim o... [info]
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DAYS 5-6-7: Erta Ale - Detail of the weird structure of an old hornito. (Photo: Ingrid) [info]
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DAYS 5-6-7: Erta Ale - Old hornito on the old caldera rim near the edge of the second active crater.... [info]
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DAYS 5-6-7: Erta Ale - View from the Erta Ale caldera rim across the seemingly peaceful area of shie... [info]
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DAYS 5-6-7: Erta Ale - Actively degassing of the 2012 hornito. (Photo: Ingrid) [info]
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DAYS 5-6-7: Erta Ale - Some parts of the caldera rim near the second vent are covered with fragile h... [info]
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DAYS 5-6-7: Erta Ale - Detail of hydrothermal mineralisations near the second active vent. (Photo: I... [info]
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DAYS 5-6-7: Erta Ale - Overview of the second active vent with the 2012 hornito. (Photo: Ingrid) [info]
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DAYS 5-6-7: Erta Ale - View from the camp site towards the lava lake - the darker coloured flows run... [info]
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DAYS 5-6-7: Erta Ale - View from the camp site towards the second active vent with the 2012 hornito.... [info]
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DAYS 5-6-7: Erta Ale - After the morning introduction walk around the caldera, lunch and afternoon n... [info]
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DAYS 5-6-7: Erta Ale - Part of the lava lakes´s edge in the late afternoon. (Photo: Ingrid) [info]
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