borealmoon: Volcán Dallo, Etiopía  Dallol  is a volcanic explosion crater (or maar) in the Danakil Depression, northeast of the Erta Ale Range in Ethiopia. It was formed during a phreatic eruption in 1926, and numerous other similar craters dot the salt flats nearby. These craters are the lowest knownsubaerial volcanic vents in the world, at over 45 m (150 ft) below sea level. The term Dallol was coined by the Afar people and means dissolution or disintegration describing a landscape made up of green acid ponds (pH-values less than 1) iron oxide, sulfur and salt desert plains. The area resembles the hot springs areas of Yellowstone Parkbut appears to be more wide-stretching. Su última erupción tuvo lugar en 1926 . Ostenta el récord de los cráteres subaéreos volcánicos más bajos del mundo, situados a 45 m bajo el nivel del mar. more here

borealmoon:

Volcán Dallo, Etiopía 

Dallol

 is a volcanic explosion crater (or maar) in the Danakil Depression, northeast of the Erta Ale Range in Ethiopia. It was formed during a phreatic eruption in 1926, and numerous other similar craters dot the salt flats nearby. These craters are the lowest knownsubaerial volcanic vents in the world, at over 45 m (150 ft) below sea level.

The term Dallol was coined by the Afar people and means dissolution or disintegration describing a landscape made up of green acid ponds (pH-values less than 1) iron oxide, sulfur and salt desert plains. The area resembles the hot springs areas of Yellowstone Parkbut appears to be more wide-stretching.

Su última erupción tuvo lugar en 1926 . Ostenta el récord de los cráteres subaéreos volcánicos más bajos del mundo, situados a 45 m bajo el nivel del mar.

more here

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