Cracked surface of the desert. |
Sand ridge. |
Grass that grows in sand dunes. |
Our jeeps on the road to volcano. |
Alone camel in the desert. |
Surrounding landscape on the road to volcano. |
Dust has risen unexpectedly. |
Visibility has fallen sharply because of the dust. |
Camel will bring the mattresses to the camp located close to the crater of volcano. |
This camp is located in 8.5 kilometers (~ 5 miles) from the crater of Erta Ale. |
Camel do not like crackers and cookies, it prefers dried sliced bread. |
I will call this camp as the Base camp because it is located at the base of the volcano. |
Our jeeps in the Base camp. |
We have been waiting the sunset time to go to the volcano crater from the Base camp. |
The supper time just before our departure to the volcano crater. |
Maiko is the name of this lovely girl from Japan. |
Erta Ale volcano is a large basaltic shield volcano in the central northern Danakil depression. |
Erta Ale volcano is famed for its persistent lava lake. |
Erta Ale is only 613 m high. |
Erta Ale is one of the main attractions of the Danakil. |
Erta Ale is one of the few volcanoes in the world that have an almost persistent lava lake. |
The volcano contains a 0.7 x 1.6 km elliptical summit crater. |
When we approached to the lava lake we saw large eruptions but later they became smaller. |
Volcano was very active in the evening but not in the night. |
Morning eruption. |
Gateway to hell. |
Lava lake surface details. |
This crack has been created in the volcano's vent few minutes ago. |
Erta Ale volcano has a huge crater. |
I am standing on the solidified lava of the volcano crater. |
An active volcano pit is pretty small now but as you see the vent could grow to a gigantic size. |
Vent of volcano in February 2015. |
This morning the vent of volcano is almost passive. |
Sometimes the quietness of volcano is interrupted by sudden eruption. |
Erta Ale is a shield volcano in the Afar region of Ethiopia. |
One may notice the camp in the distance placed on the edge of crater. |
Erta Ale has undergone seven eruption events in the past 125 years. |
Volcano is awesome just after the sunrise. |
One should be very cautious because the solidified lava crust could be very thin. |
Crater is fully covered by solidified lava. |
This camp is located at the edge of the volcano crater, I have named it the Crater camp. |
Campfire at the edge of the crater. |
Lava fields on the way back from volcano. |
I walked behind the camel a small part of the way. |