Dallol volcano, Ethiopia
Category: 2017
Shanghai
Shanghai
Damselfly
Damselfly
Ethiopia: The salt from lake Karum
Lake Karum is a salt lake located in Ethiopia, at the northern end of the Great Rift Valley. This lake, as well as the volcanoes of Dallol and Erta Alé are among the most improbable landscapes of the Danakil depression. This place also offers a timeless spectacle. Indeed, perpetuating a centuries-old tradition, Tigrayans travel to Lake Karum from the Ethiopian highlands, followed by long caravans of dromedaries and donkeys in order to recover salt slabs from the dry areas of the lake, a vestige of a time when the sea still flooded the Danakil depression.
Cavern, Tadrart Rouge, Sahara desert
Cavern, Tadrart Rouge, Sahara desert
Read the paper about the Tadrart Rouge, a window to the Sahara and its history
An acacia under the stars
An acacia under the stars>
Sand, Sahara Desert
Sand, Sahara Desert
Overnight camp in the Sahara desert, Mauritania
Overnight camp in the Sahara desert, Mauritania
Arid
Arid
Walkers in the desert
Walkers in the desert
Sand, Sahara, Mauritania
Sand, Sahara, Mauritania
Mauritania, Sahara
Mauritania, Sahara
Post apocalyptic landscape, Ethiopia, Erta Ale Volcano
Post apocalyptic landscape, Ethiopia, Erta Ale Volcano
Read the paper about the Erta Ale volcano and its lava lake
Sunset, Sahara, Mauritania
Sunset, Sahara, Mauritania
Sahara Desert
Sahara Desert
Common snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
Common snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
Roe dear (Capreolus capreolus) hidden below ferns
Roe dear (Capreolus capreolus) hidden below ferns
Dune of Pilat, France
Dune of Pilat, France
The dune du Pilat is about 110 meters above sea level. This dune is the european tallest one., la dune du Pilat est la plus haute dune d’Europe. The dune has a volume of about 55,000,000 m³.
Lightning, Puy de dôme, France
Lightning, Puy de dôme, France
Puy de Dôme, thunder and sunset
The “Chaîne des Puys” range blasted by thunder.
On the left, the Puy de Dôme. This volcano being dormant since 11000 years is the highest point of the “Chaîne des Puys” range
Ethiopia: The Erta Ale volcano and its lava lake
The Erta Ale is an Ethiopian volcano located in the Afar region, at the north east of the country, in the massif of the grand rift valley. The volcano has an altitude of 613 meters for 30 kilometers in diameter basis, which makes it called a “shield”.
We found, at the top of this very active volcano, a caldera that contains two craters. The Pit South crater, of 200 meters in diameter, is currently the most impressive as it contains a permanent lava lake, whose temperature of molten rocks reaches up to 1200 degrees Celsius. The level of the lake varies according to the weather. In January 2017, the lake was so high in the crater that the latter finally overflowed. In April 2017, the level of the lake has gone down offering its observers a great spectacle. Indeed, the surface of the lake was, in April, in perpetual movement and an impressive phenomenon of emptying and re-filling of the lake took place cyclically. This phenomenon can be seen in the video at the end of the article.
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