More than 1,800 houses have been destroyed, with a great number of businesses burnt, after a blaze broke out in Dallol district of northeast Ethiopia's Afar region.

Located in northeast Ethiopia, Dallol consists of “hypersaline sites, magnesium-rich brines, and hypersaline, hyperacidic and hot pools on an active volcano”.

Inside the explosion crater of Dallol volcano, Danakil Depression, Ethiopia Image: Getty. Even in winter, daily temperatures routinely exceed 45ºC above pools of boiling water.

A few months back, German photographer Ulrike Crespo was climbing a small hill in the Afar Triangle of northern Ethiopia when the colors suddenly changed. The dusty browns and grays of the desert ...

The Dallol hydrothermal pools are harsh environments. (Image credit: Shutterstock) Unearthly greens and yellows color the scorching-hot landscape surrounding the Dallol volcano in northern Ethiopia.

A multibillion Birr road has been built in the Dallol (or Danakil) Depression in Afar Regional State. The Depression is one of the hottest areas on earth and one of the lowest points below sea level.

These pictures may look like the set of a science-fiction flick, but they're not only real — they're of this planet. These volcanic explosion craters are in the Danakil Depression in Ethiopia, a ...

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Even though concert venues are normally slow in December, African music can be counted on for heat in our time of snow. Formed in 1977 in Ethiopia, Dallol tried to fuse the nascent reggae scene ...