Desert, Salt & Volcanoes: tour photos from the November 2015 Danakil expedition by Ingrid Smet
An illustrated diary from our recent tour in November 2015, by participant/co-guide Dr. Ingrid Smet (who unfortunately had to skip Dallol due to illness)
Read also her comments about the tour,- recommended for anyone planning a trip into the Danakil!
Read also her comments about the tour,- recommended for anyone planning a trip into the Danakil!
DAY 1: One of several crater lakes (filled with both hydrothermal and rain water) along the way from... [info]
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...a perfect resting and drinking place for birds of prey such as this (tawney?) eagle. (Photo: Ingr... [info]
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DAY 1: On the road from Addis Ababa towards Awash National Park (Photo: Ingrid) [info]
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DAY 1: On the road from Addis Ababa towards Awash National Park (Photo: Ingrid) [info]
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DAY 1: Typical Afar home with Fantale volcano in the background, on the road from Addis Ababa toward... [info]
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DAY 1: Dusty landscape at dusk, near Awash National Park (Photo: Ingrid) [info]
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DAY 2: Short safari in Awash National Park - grazing oryxes and concentrated photographers under Gre... [info]
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DAY 2: Short safari in Awash National Park (Photo: Ingrid) [info]
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DAY 2: Short safari in Awash National Park - grazing oryx (Photo: Ingrid) [info]
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DAY 2: Short safari in Awash National Park - a venue of vultures (Photo: Ingrid) [info]
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DAY 2: Short safari in Awash National Park - Awash water falls (with relatively little water) (Photo... [info]
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DAY 2: Short safari in Awash National Park - Awash water falls (with relatively little water) (Photo... [info]
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DAY 2: Short safari in Awash National Park - Nile crocodile sunbathing at Awash water falls (Photo: ... [info]
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DAY 2: Awash water falls (with relatively little water) (Photo: Ingrid) [info]
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DAY 2: Short safari in Awash National Park - a confusion of guinea fowls (classic bum shot) (Photo: ... [info]
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DAY 2: Short safari in Awash National Park - Kori bustard crossing the road (Photo: Ingrid) [info]
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DAY 2: From Awash NP to Logia - olive baboon mum (Photo: Ingrid) [info]
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DAY 2: From Awash NP to Logia - olive baboon family (Photo: Ingrid) [info]
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DAY 2: From Awash NP to Logia - Ethiopian coffee after lunch (Photo: Ingrid) [info]
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DAY 2: From Awash NP to Logia - our excellent Ethiopian tour guide and geologist Enku! (Photo: Ingri... [info]
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DAY 2: From Awash NP to Logia - African sacred ibis feeding at a large water hole (Photo: Ingrid) [info]
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DAY 2: From Awash NP to Logia - marabou storks at a large water hole (Photo: Ingrid) [info]
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DAY 2: From Awash NP to Logia - the relatively green savannah gradually gives way to a less vegetate... [info]
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DAY 2: From Awash NP to Logia - the relatively green savannah gradually gives way to a less vegetate... [info]
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DAY 2: From Awash NP to Logia - a Grant´s gazelle grazing in the steppe (Photo: Ingrid) [info]
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DAY 2: From Awash NP to Logia - last short break before arrival at our lodging for the night (Photo:... [info]
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DAY 2: From Awash NP to Logia - dry steppe to half-desert landscape around dusk (Photo: Ingrid) [info]
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DAY 3: From Logia to Afrera salt lake - colourful cafe at last night´s accomodation (Photo: Ingrid) [info]
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DAY 3: From Logia to Afrera salt lake - first camping breakfast prepared by our expedition cook! (Ph... [info]
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DAY 3: From Logia to Afrera salt lake - During breakfast, we are closely watched by this bright yell... [info]
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DAY 3: ...which turns out to be a male southern masked weaver, one of many that are busy weaving a n... [info]
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Day 3: ...whilst those nests already finished are inhabited by female weaver birds! (Photo: Ingrid) [info]
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DAY 3: From Logia to Afrera salt lake - An Egyptian goose amidst the water filled crater... (Photo:... [info]
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DAY 3: ...at the location of the 2005 Daburah fissure eruption. (Photo: Ingrid) [info]
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DAY 3: From Logia to Afrera salt lake - Traditional Afar home in a small village across ... (Photo:... [info]
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DAY 3: ... the small lake that formed in the eruption crater next to red scoria deposits. (Photo: In... [info]
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DAY 3: From Logia to Afrera salt lake - Exploring the pyroclastic deposits of a small volcanic erup... [info]
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DAY 3: From Logia to Afrera salt lake - colourful green mosque along the way (Photo: Ingrid) [info]
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From Logia to Afrera salt lake - ruins of a base camp dating back to the short Italian occupation (b... [info]
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DAY 3: From Logia to Afrera salt lake -on the road (Photo: Ingrid) [info]
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DAY 3: From Logia to Afrera salt lake - Lunch in the small Afar town of ´´Sixty´´ (60 km down the ro... [info]
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DAY 3: From Logia to Afrera salt lake - Local Afar girl carrying collected wood (Photo: Ingrid) [info]
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DAY 3: From Logia to Afrera salt lake - Group of Afar children curious about pale travelers having a... [info]
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DAY 3: From Logia to Afrera salt lake - A bird of prey (lesser spotted eagle?) in flight (Photo: Ing... [info]
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DAY 3: From Logia to Afrera salt lake - Egyptian vulture (Photo: Ingrid) [info]
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DAY 3: From Logia to Afrera salt lake - desert landscape with lava flows, volcanic mountain chains a... [info]
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DAY 3: From Logia to Afrera salt lake - desert landscape with lava flows, volcanic mountain chains a... [info]
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DAY 3: From Logia to Afrera salt lake - near sea level desert landscape with lava flows and volcanic... [info]
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DAY 3: From Logia to Afrera salt lake - continuing down into the Danakil below sea level, the lava g... [info]
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DAY 3: ...which quickly extend into thick layers of limestone and lake sediments, nice place for fos... [info]
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DAY 3: From Logia to Afrera salt lake (Photo: Ingrid) [info]
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DAY 3: From Logia to Afrera salt lake - small Afar village amidst the endless, hot and arid, Danakil... [info]
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DAY 3: From Logia to Afrera salt lake - partial view onto the Afrera salt lake and the modern mining... [info]
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DAY 3: From Logia to Afrera salt lake - light of dusk shining upon the shoreline of Lake Afrera (Pho... [info]
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DAY 3: From Logia to Afrera salt lake - salt mining basin at dusk (Photo: Ingrid) [info]
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DAY 3: From Logia to Afrera salt lake - sun set over the larger area of Afrera salt lake (Photo: Ing... [info]
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DAY 3: From Logia to Afrera salt lake - volcanic mountain reflected into a salt mining basin at dusk... [info]
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DAY 3: From Logia to Afrera salt lake - our shoreline camp for the night! (Photo: Ingrid) [info]
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NIGHT 3: Afrera salt lake - clear skies with thousands of stars above the lake (Photo: Ingrid) [info]
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NIGHT 3: Afrera salt lake - camping next to the lake and under a stardotted sky... (Photo: Ingrid) [info]
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DAY 4: From Afrera to Dodom (Erta Ale basecamp) - Black heron at Afrera lake´s shoreline (Photo: Ing... [info]
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DAY 4: From Afrera to Dodom (Erta Ale basecamp) - Afrera salt lake at dawn (Photo: Ingrid) [info]
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DAY 4: From Afrera to Dodom (Erta Ale basecamp) - Sun rise at Afrera salt lake (Photo: Ingrid) [info]
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DAY 4: From Afrera to Dodom (Erta Ale basecamp) - An early bird (blak-winged stilt?) at Afrera´s sho... [info]
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DAY 4: From Afrera to Dodom (Erta Ale basecamp) - morning view of the small natura spa next to Afrer... [info]
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DAY 4: From Afrera to Dodom (Erta Ale basecamp) - Whilst, after breakfast, the camp is broken up... ... [info]
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DAY 4: ... we take a walk from the lake´s shore to the mining town of Afrera (Photo: Ingrid) [info]
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DAY 4: From Afrera to Dodom (Erta Ale basecamp) - exploring the salt mining works and town of Afrera... [info]
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DAY 4: From Afrera to Dodom (Erta Ale basecamp) - exploring the salt mining works and town of Afrera... [info]
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DAY 4: From Afrera to Dodom (Erta Ale basecamp) - exploring the salt mining works and town of Afrera... [info]
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DAY 4: From Afrera to Dodom (Erta Ale basecamp) - Enjoying a last cool drink whilst the head driver ... [info]
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DAY 4: From Afrera to Dodom (Erta Ale basecamp) (Photo: Ingrid) [info]
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DAY 4: From Afrera to Dodom (Erta Ale basecamp) - The drive on an asphalt road through the black gra... [info]
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DAY 4: ... gradually transforms into an off-road drive through a very dusty silt desert, which is su... [info]
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DAY 4: From Afrera to Dodom (Erta Ale basecamp) (Photo: Ingrid) [info]
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DAY 4: From Afrera to Dodom (Erta Ale basecamp) - midday stop at the last larger Afar town where we ... [info]
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DAY 4: From Afrera to Dodom (Erta Ale basecamp) - ... lots of goats! (Photo: Ingrid) [info]
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DAY 4: From Afrera to Dodom (Erta Ale basecamp) - children at the last larger Afar town before Erta ... [info]
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DAY 4: From Afrera to Dodom (Erta Ale basecamp) - continuing the dusty off road drive towards base c... [info]
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DAY 4: From Afrera to Dodom (Erta Ale basecamp) - small Afar settlement on the way to base camp (Pho... [info]
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DAY 4: From Afrera to Dodom (Erta Ale basecamp) - the off-road drive takes us from a dusty desert on... [info]
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DAY 4: From Afrera to Dodom (Erta Ale basecamp) - Our driver Jonny smiling - the last kilometers to ... [info]
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DAY 4: From Afrera to Dodom (Erta Ale basecamp) - the Danakil area near Erta Ale, with the silhouett... [info]
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DAY 4: From Afrera to Dodom (Erta Ale basecamp) - the last kilometers to Erta Ale basecamp take us a... [info]
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DAY 4: From Afrera to Dodom (Erta Ale basecamp) - small camel caravans on the way to Erta Ale baseca... [info]
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DAY 4: From Afrera to Dodom (Erta Ale basecamp) - Erta Ale basecamp (Photo: Ingrid) [info]
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DAY 4: From Afrera to Dodom (Erta Ale basecamp) - Coffee break and lots of anticipating smiles at ba... [info]
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NIGHT 4: After a short night we leave at 3 am to start the 10 km hike up to the shield volcano´s cal... [info]
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DAYS 5-6-7: Erta Ale - one of our drivers together with our two Afar policemen having a break during... [info]
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DAYS 5-6-7: The hike up Erta Ale is not steep (500m height difference over ca. 10 km), nearly there ... [info]
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DAYS 5-6-7: Erta Ale - We reach the rim of Erta Ale´s large collapse caldera by sun rise, having a f... [info]
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DAYS 5-6-7: Erta Ale - ...and as we gaze towards the silhouettes of last night´s observer standing a... [info]
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DAYS 5-6-7: Erta Ale - the small Afar settlement on the edge of the caldera. We wil be assigned a tr... [info]
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DAYS 5-6-7: Erta Ale - First breakfast on Erta Ale! (Photo: Ingrid) [info]
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DAYS 5-6-7: Erta Ale - Rested and restrengthened, we descend down the caldera rim for a morning walk... [info]
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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 - 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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DAYS 5-6-7: Erta Ale - Pele´s hair between pahoehoe ripples. (Photo: Ingrid) [info]
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DAYS 5-6-7: Erta Ale - The lava lake in the golden light of sunset. (Photo: Ingrid) [info]
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DAYS 5-6-7: Erta Ale - The active lava lake at dusk with the look-out hill in the background. (Photo... [info]
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DAYS 5-6-7: Erta Ale - The active lava lake at dusk with the outer caldera rim in the background. (P... [info]
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DAYS 5-6-7: Erta Ale - As the daylight slowly fades away, the red-hot glow along the edges and zigza... [info]
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DAYS 5-6-7: Erta Ale - An exploding lava bubble bursts through the thin black crust of the lake. (Ph... [info]
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DAYS 5-6-7: Erta Ale - Observing the lava lake´s surface after sunset. (Photo: Ingrid) [info]
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DAYS 5-6-7: Erta Ale - During the night, the strong glow above the churning lake competes with the s... [info]
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DAYS 5-6-7: Erta Ale - Several groups come and go throughout the day and night to observe the lava l... [info]
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DAYS 5-6-7: Erta Ale - Observing the lava lake from the old caldera rim around sunrise. (Photo: Ingr... [info]
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DAYS 5-6-7: Erta Ale - The active lake spatters above the rim its vent. (Photo: Ingrid) [info]
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DAYS 5-6-7: Erta Ale - Obligatory selfie from the rim of the caldera with the actively degassing lav... [info]
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DAYS 5-6-7: Erta Ale - View across the caldera with in the background the silhouettes of other shiel... [info]
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DAYS 5-6-7: Erta Ale - Our Erta Ale guide, Mohammed, on the caldera rim at dawn (Photo: Ingrid) [info]
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DAYS 5-6-7: Erta Ale - Some of the camels that brought up luggage, food and camping equipment (Photo... [info]
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DAYS 5-6-7: Intricate textures of the folded and twisted crust of older pahoehoe lavas that cover th... [info]
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DAY 8:From Erta Ale to Amadelah: After a last, short night on the caldera we started our descend bef... [info]
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DAY 8:From Erta Ale to Amadelah: ...again off road through dusty sand and across lava fields... (Pho... [info]
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DAY 8:From Erta Ale to Amadelah: ...passing along the way a few small Afar villages, in the middle o... [info]
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DAY 8: From Erta Ale to Amadelah - ostriches on the run (Photo: Ingrid) [info]
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DAY 8:From Erta Ale to Amadelah - on the road (Photo: Ingrid) [info]
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DAY 8:From Erta Ale to Amadelah - two brothers who wanted to have their picture taken in a Afar/Tigr... [info]
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DAY 8:From Erta Ale to Amadelah - the nice thought of handing out some pencils and pens always quick... [info]
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DAY 10: As I fell ill in the afternoon of day 8 (dehydration) and needed day 9 to recover, I missed ... [info]
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DAY 10: Lake Assale - ...coming across many a camel caravan along the way! (Photo: Ingrid) [info]
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DAY 10: Lake Assale - A group picture on a dried out part of the salt lake, enthusiastically taken b... [info]
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DAY 10: Lake Assale - Cracks and rims across the evaporated salt plain (Photo: Ingrid) [info]
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DAY 10: Lake Assale - Our driver, Tsegay, showing off the handmade sun had bought from a local Afar ... [info]
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DAY 10: Lake Assale - The small water pond amidst the red-brown salt deposits has an attractive blue... [info]
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DAY 10: Lake Assale - ...but where it bubbles up, the yellow colour of this hydrothermal water becom... [info]
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DAY 10: Lake Assale - Small ponds of water amidst the sculpted salt deposits near Dallol (Photo: Ing... [info]
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DAY 10: Lake Assale - Small ponds of water amidst the sculpted salt deposits near Dallol (Photo: Ing... [info]
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DAY 10: Lake Assale - Small ponds of water amidst the sculpted salt deposits near Dallol (Photo: Ing... [info]
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DAY 10: Lake Assale - Colourfull layers of salt reflected in a small hydrothermal water pool (Photo:... [info]
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DAY 10: Lake Assale - Small ponds of water amidst the sculpted salt deposits near Dallol (Photo: Ing... [info]
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DAY 10: Lake Assale - Random structures formed through evaporation of salt brines (Photo: Ingrid) [info]
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DAY 10: Lake Assale - Salt crystals (Photo: Ingrid) [info]
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DAY 10: Lake Assale - For birds flying across the scorching Danakil desert, the small pools of water... [info]
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DAY 10 - Lake Assale - traditonal transporters of the salt, camels are waiting patiently to be loade... [info]
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DAY 10: Lake Assale -The traditional way of salt mining involves hacking out layers of salt... (Phot... [info]
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DAY 10: Lake Assale -...which are then cut into specificall sized tiles (Photo: Ingrid) [info]
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DAY 10: Lake Assale - As the modern network of roads in Ethiopia improves and extends, the camel is ... [info]
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DAY 10: Lake Assale - Salt tiles neatly packed and wrapped ... (Photo: Ingrid) [info]
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DAY 10: Lake Assale -...before they are loaded onto the camel (Photo: Ingrid) [info]
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DAY 10: Lake Assale - Glistening white salt crystals and brine at the shoreline of lake Assale (Phot... [info]
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DAY 10: Lake Assale - Glistening white salt crystals and brine at the shoreline of lake Assale (Phot... [info]
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DAY 10: Lake Assale - Glistening white salt crystals and brine at the shoreline of lake Assale (Phot... [info]
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DAY 10: Lake Assale - Glistening white salt crystals and brine at the shoreline of lake Assale (Phot... [info]
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DAY 10: Lake Assale - Salt desert love :-) (Photo: Ingrid) [info]
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DAY 10: Lake Assale - An interesting conversation with the village chief of Amadelah before we leave... [info]
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DAY 10: Our camp cook Meskerem prepares her last dinner for us (Photo: Ingrid) [info]
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DAY 11-12 : From Wakru to Mekele - these days are largely spare in order to accomodate for any unfor... [info]
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DAY 11-12 : From Wakru to Mekele - If all went according to plan, we will be visiting two rock-hewn ... [info]
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DAY 11-12 : From Wakru to Mekele - The main area of the monolithic churches of Ethiopia are cut out ... [info]
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DAY 11-12 : From Wakru to Mekele - Orthodox priest sitting on the steps in front of his 1200 year ol... [info]
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DAY 11-12 : From Wakru to Mekele - 8-9 th century orthodox, monolithic church. (Photo: Ingrid) [info]
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DAY 11-12 : From Wakru to Mekele - 8-9 th century orthodox, monolithic church. (Photo: Ingrid) [info]
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DAY 11-12 : From Wakru to Mekele - Wall decorations in a 8-9 th century orthodox, monolithic church.... [info]
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DAY 11-12 : From Wakru to Mekele - Ceiling decorations in a 8-9 th century orthodox, monolithic chur... [info]
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DAY 11-12 : From Wakru to Mekele - Detail in an orthodox, monolithic church. (Photo: Ingrid) [info]
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DAY 11-12 : From Wakru to Mekele - Orthodox Ethiopian priest (Photo: Ingrid) [info]
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DAY 11-12 : From Wakru to Mekele - View across the colourful landscape of the sandstone plateaus in ... [info]
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DAY 11-12 : From Wakru to Mekele - Ethiopian cat in orthodox church yard (Photo: Ingrid) [info]
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DAY 11-12 : From Wakru to Mekele - View across the colourful landscape of the sandstone plateaus in ... [info]
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DAY 11-12 : From Wakru to Mekele - Traditional and very effective way to separate the wheat from the... [info]
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DAY 11-12 : From Wakru to Mekele - View across the colourful landscape of the sandstone plateaus in ... [info]
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DAY 11-12 : From Wakru to Mekele - 8-9 th century orthodox, monolithic church. (Photo: Ingrid) [info]
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DAY 11-12 : From Wakru to Mekele - 8-9 th century orthodox, monolithic church. (Photo: Ingrid) [info]
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DAY 11-12 : From Wakru to Mekele - Inside an
8-9 th century orthodox, monolithic church. (Phot... [info]
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8-9 th century orthodox, monolithic church. (Phot... [info]
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DAY 11-12 : From Wakru to Mekele - A group of pelgrims praying outside an 8-9 th century orthodox, m... [info]
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DAY 11-12 : From Wakru to Mekele - View from the roof of an 8-9 th century orthodox, monolithic chur... [info]
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DAY 11-12 : From Wakru to Mekele - View from the roof of an 8-9 th century orthodox, monolithic chur... [info]
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DAY 11-12 : From Wakru to Mekele - Other options to continue exploring the Ethiopian culture and tra... [info]
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DAY 13: Flight Mekele to Addis Ababa - After our domestic morning flight back to Addis Ababa, we are... [info]
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DAY 13: Flight Mekele to Addis Ababa - ... followed by a visit to the small Nnational Museum of Ethi... [info]
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DAY 13: Flight Mekele to Addis Ababa - ... where we said hello to Lucy, the oldest known humanoid (c... [info]
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DAY 13: Flight Mekele to Addis Ababa - Despite the ´´attractive´´ decoration of this bar next to the... [info]
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DAY 13: Flight Mekele to Addis Ababa - ... we decided to go elsewhere for some last-minute real Ethi... [info]
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DAY 13: Flight Mekele to Addis Ababa - ... and to conclude this awesome tour with a real Ethiopian c... [info]
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