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Exploring Ethiopia's salt mines
Ethiopia 's Danakil Depression hosts some of the world's most intriguing and least-known traditional salt mines. For hundreds ...
'Hottest place on earth' is vast area 100 metres below sea level — 'the gateway to hell'
The Danakil Depression in Ethiopia is one of the most inhospitable places on the planet, boasting scorching temperatures of ...
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Otherworldly landscape forms from Danakil Depression in Ethiopia
An otherworldly landscape was formed in the Danakil Depression in Ethiopia, known for its striking geological features.
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The Salt and the Earth
In September 2005 Afar herders in northern Ethiopia watched in amazement as ... East Africa's Afar depression is one of the world's most geologically hyperactive regions. Fly over it in an ...
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Salt blocks used as currency
were collected in Ethiopia by Major Powell-Cotton while hunting and exploring the country in 1899. Salt has been mined from the chain of salt lakes in the Danakil or Afar Depression for hundreds ...