Dallol in 2008 |
![Dallol in 2008 Dallol in 2008](dallol-2008/icons/dallol-mf9627.jpg) After crossing Lake Asale from Ahmedela we arrive at Dallol. | ![Dallol in 2008 Dallol in 2008](dallol-2008/icons/dallol-mf9517.jpg) Hot water is now, contrary to 2002, emerging also in the salt lake; crater of the 1929 phreatic eruption. | ![Dallol in 2008 Dallol in 2008](dallol-2008/icons/dallol-mf9518.jpg) Within the crater is now a deeply blue lake covered by thin, floating salt crusts in fast convective motion from right to left. | ![Dallol in 2008 Dallol in 2008](dallol-2008/icons/dallol-mf9466.jpg) When a pond dries out strange salt "bushes" rising from the bottom indicate the former water level. |
![Dallol in 2008 Dallol in 2008](dallol-2008/icons/dallol-mf9503.jpg) Spectacularly green-coloured ponds below some active salt hornitos. | ![Dallol in 2008 Dallol in 2008](dallol-2008/icons/dallol-mf9480.jpg) Sometimes the salt fills cracks in the ground, creating green terraces "in suspension". | ![Dallol in 2008 Dallol in 2008](dallol-2008/icons/dallol-mf9471.jpg) Dario Tedesco from Napoli University taking gas samples. | ![Dallol in 2008 Dallol in 2008](dallol-2008/icons/dallol-mf9476.jpg) Minute orange mineral terraces seem like lace draped near this pond. |
![Dallol in 2008 Dallol in 2008](dallol-2008/icons/dallol-mf9489.jpg) An active hornito ejects water with plenty of minerals which form deposits mimicking a head covered by grey hair. | ![Dallol in 2008 Dallol in 2008](dallol-2008/icons/dallol-mf9622.jpg) Dozens of hornitos are active within a small area, together creating a symphony of whistles and puffing. | ![Dallol in 2008 Dallol in 2008](dallol-2008/icons/dallol-mf9497.jpg) Close-up of an egg-shaped salt deposit, caused by sublimation around a micro-fumarole. | ![Dallol in 2008 Dallol in 2008](dallol-2008/icons/dallol-mf9499.jpg) Sublimation from fumaroles causes salt to deposit in some strange shapes like branches in the wind. |
Photos by Marco Fulle, taken with 16mm fisheye lens, 24-85mm zoom and digital single lens reflex camera. |