Ethiopia Photos: Danakil Desert and Other Landscapes, Active Volcanoes, Culture, People

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Photos from Ethiopia: overview

Smiling Ethiopia: people (Feb 08) (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)

Smiling Ethiopia: people (Feb 08) (20 Images)

Ethiopia: colors (Jan-Feb. 2008) (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)

Ethiopia: colors (Jan-Feb. 2008) (27 Images)

Addis Ababa with over 2,7 million inhabitant is the capital and largest city of Ethiopia. Addis Ababa in Amharic means "new flower". Here are a few impressions of street life and the city Tobias took while preparing for our Desert, Salt and Volcanoes expedition to the Danakil in Nov 2016: (Photo: Tobias Schorr)

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: impressions from Nov 2016 (9 Images)

Some impressions of our 'Desert, salt and volcanoes' expedition to Erta Ale and Dallol from 13 to 26 January 2018 - all images taken by participant Anastasia Ganuschenko. The new fissure eruption site which opened up on Erta Ale's flank a year before is still very active; now that some of the early lavas cooled down one can get very close to some of the lava lakes and hornitos that are still active. And thanks to the rainfall that finally came after about 4 years of drought the colourful scenery with salt deposits, acid lakes and small geysirs at the hydrothermal site of Dallol was once again looking its best!

Besides the 14-days tour group departures that we organise to this destination from mid November through to mid March we also offer customised tours at chosen dates for small groups and individuals. Please contact us through email for more information on such private expeditions to Erta Ale and Dallol! (Photo: Anastasia)

Erta Ale volcano + Dallol: tour photos Jan 2018 by Anastasia Ganuschenko (25 Images)

A selection of photos taken during our Expedition to Erta Ale and Dallol in early February 2017 by participant Stefan Tommasini - Fotografie mit Seele (website). This Danakil expedition was particulary unique: on one hand a new eruptions started at a fissure on Erta Ale´s flank which let to the partial collapse of the active craters in the summit caldera; on the other hand it was pouring with rain when our group was at Dallol, which is known to be the hottest and driest place on earth... The rain however intensified the colours and activity at Dallol´s hydrothermal deposits, and the flank eruption created a vast lava field with multiple lava lakes and pahoehoe flows. (You can find a short overview of the 2017 flank eruption and Erta Ale volcanic activity update at the end of June 2017 through this link) (c)

Erta Ale + Dallol Feb 2017 - photos of the flank eruption at Erta Ale by Stefan Tommasini (15 Images)

Our guest Jens-Wolfram E. who participated (for his second time!) in the most recent Danakil expedition, although still traveling, sent us a first selection of "fresh images" from both Erta Ale and Dallol: (Photo: Jens-Wolfram Erben)

Erta Ale volcano + Dallol hydrothermal field Dec 2016 - Jan 2017 impressions (8 Images)

Salt, please: photo diary from our pilot tour into the Danakil desert, from 2300 m to -120 m a.s.l. in February 2008! (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)

Desert, salt and volcanoes: February 2008 tour photos by Tom Pfeiffer (132 Images)

From dusk to dawn: a night at the lava lake (Erta Ale volcano expedition 02/08) (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)

From dusk to dawn: a night at the lava lake (Erta Ale volcano expedition 02/08) (16 Images)

Erta Ale volcano expedition Feb 2008: the lava lake (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)

Erta Ale volcano expedition Feb 2008: the lava lake (16 Images)

Desert, salt and volcanoes - photos (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)

Desert, salt and volcanoes - photos (199 Images)

Erta Ale Feb. 2008 - lava lake fountains (2) (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)

Erta Ale Feb. 2008 - lava lake fountains (2) (98 Images)

Erta Ale volcano, expedition 02/08 - lava fountains (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)

Erta Ale volcano, expedition 02/08 - lava fountains (62 Images)

Erta Ale volcano expedition 02/08: lava bubbles and fountains at night (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)

Erta Ale volcano expedition 02/08: lava bubbles and fountains at night (21 Images)

Dallol volcano, Feb. 2008: photos (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)

Dallol volcano, Feb. 2008: photos (60 Images)

At Dallol there was a mining community where an Italian and later a U.S. company mined potash; being in use since the early 1900s it was abandoned in the 1960s. As most buildings were made of salt blocks and because of the extremely aggressive environment, the town and factory as well as what remains of a railway leading to Eritrea is little more than a pile of rubble and rust today. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)

Dallol ghost town: old potash mine at Dallol volcano (14 Images)

Afrera salt lake - southern Danakil (Jan 08) (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)

Afrera salt lake - southern Danakil (Jan 08) (18 Images)

On our expedition to the Danakil, we spent a night at Lake Afrera and joined some of the workers in the salines in the early morning. Their friendliness struck me,- I think the company of tourists was a welcome change from the daily routine. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)

Afrera salt lake workers (Jan 08) (26 Images)

Lake Assale salt caravans and salt workers, Lake Assale (additional photos, Feb 08) (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)

Lake Assale salt caravans and salt workers, Lake Assale (additional photos, Feb 08) (93 Images)

Lake Assale hosts the Afars' richness - salt. For century, salt has been exported on caravans from here to all of Ethiopia and beyond. The procedure has little changed until today. On oour expedition, we had the opportunity to witnes the complete cycle. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)

The cycle of salt (salt caravans, Lake Assale, Feb 08) (32 Images)

Danakil expedition Jan-Feb 09: Dallol hot springs (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)

Danakil expedition Jan-Feb 09: Dallol hot springs (61 Images)

Collections

Erta Ale & Dallol expedition Feb 2008 (17 Albums)

Erta Ale volcano (Ethiopia) (10 Albums)

Dallol hyrothermal field, Danakil desert, Ethiopia (10 Albums)

Dallol & the salt lake Nov 2009 (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)

Dallol volcano (Danakil desert, Ethiopia) (10 Albums)

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