DANAKIL DEPRESSION - the hottest year-round place on earth - and most hostile. 120 meters below sea level on a buried active volcano -

Afar man with his gun

On a newly built road in the mountains on the way

to the desolate Danakil Depression. 

From 2400 meters above sea level to 120 meters

below....

A rock in the great salt lake

A road of salt through the salt desert on the way

to Dallol.

A thermal hot water pool in the salt desert

Salt workers cutting blocks of salt to be transported

by camel caravans to faraway places.

Wend now thy way with brow serene

fear not thy humle tale to tell

the whispers of the desert wind

the tingling of a camels bell

(Sir Richard Burton)

Death in the desert

Bubbling hot geyser lake in the desert

The village Hamed Ela

Village alley

Salt Mountain canyon

Dallol in Danakil Depression in the Ethiopian Afar region, is an active vulcanic area 120 meter below sea level – it is one of the hottest places on earth and is like being on another planet, a strange and colorful place in the desert.....