The Danakil Depression ... against all travel to the parts of Afar region within 10km of the border with Eritrea." Surrounding the arid land, the depression is shadowed by two valcones, with ...

More than a dozen smaller burps have shaken the area in the years since. East Africa's Afar depression is one of the world's most geologically hyperactive regions. Fly over it in an airplane—or ...

The tectonic clash is causing a rift which is reshaping the African continent The Afar Triangle, a geological depression where three tectonic plates, Nubian, Somali, and Arabian meet, lies at the ...

An otherworldly landscape was formed in the Danakil Depression in Ethiopia, known for its striking geological features. Stunning footage by Dawit Arega shows shimmering salt flats, bubbling acid ...

Salt has been mined from the chain of salt lakes in the Danakil or Afar Depression for hundreds of years. An Egyptian traveller in the 6th century first made reference to it but it is probably ...

The documentary follows the journey of a camel caravan to the salt plains of the Afar Depression. Traditionally the caravans moved from Afar Depression to other parts of Ethiopia and to the Red ...