An alien landscape on Earth

The bizarre acid lakes of the Dallol volcano

“It looks as though it belongs on another planet, with green pools of acid and toxic gases spewing from the surface” DID YOU KNOW? Dallol is located in the Danakil Depression, one of the lowest areas on Earth, at 125m (410ft) below sea level If a ticket to Mars is a little out of your price range, then a visit to Dallol in Ethiopia might be the next best thing. The colourful landscape looks as though it belongs on another planet, with green pools of acid, strange salt formations and toxic gases spewing from the surface. The area is actually a large volcanic crater, formed when rising basaltic magma made contact with salt deposits and ground water. This caused the water to evaporate immediately, resulting in a huge eruption of rock, ash, water…

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