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The Danakil Depression

 
 

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The Danakil Depression

The Danakil Depression The Danakil desert, Eritrea Extending from Massaua to Djibouti, the Danakil Depression is one of the most low-lying and hottest places on earth. © Bruno Morandi

Though relations between Eritrea and Ethiopia are stable, you must go and see, close to Assab, the Danakil Depression, one of the lowest and hottest points on the planet. The vast salt plains, the volcanoes and other strange salt and mineral shapes make this place unique.

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