Atlas Obscura on Slate is a new travel blog. Like us on Facebook, Tumblr, or follow us on Twitter @atlasobscura. Located in the Danakil Depression (or Afar Depression) in the Afar Region of ...

The latest in my Volcano Profiles series, this one on Erta Ale in Ethiopia. The lava lake in the crater of Erta Ale. Selected resources of Erta'Ale: Bizhourd, H., Barberi, F. and Varet ...

I peered over the craggy rim of Erta Ale, Ethiopia’s most active volcano, at the lava lake below. Beneath a gassy haze, boiling, ruby-red, molten rock thickened and rose up, swelling like a ...

News out of Ethiopia has 5 tourists visiting Erta'Ale - German, Hungarian and Austrian - along with an Ethiopian police officer were killed by unidentified gunmen (referred to in the news accounts ...

We drove south along the edge of the highlands to Erta Ale. Close to the mountains, it once again was a different Ethiopia on view, with green fields of barley and the local teff grain as well as ...

The lava flow from the Erta Ale volcano reached very significant levels, filling the ancient crater and spreading to the historic camping cabins for the first time in 20 years. The Best Movies of ...

We were standing at the base of a volcano in northeastern Ethiopia —one that we were ... Our five-car convoy had been idling at the base of Erta Ale for more than an hour, waiting for the ...

Erta Ale volcano in the Afar Region, Ethiopia is considered one of the world’s famous active volcano and molten lava lake. The volcano is active again and lava is flowing out of its crater ...

The most significant crack appeared near to the Erta Ale volcano – known by locals as the ‘Gateway To Hell’. The site is part of the Danakil Depression in Ethiopia and sits just 613 metres ...

The latest in my Volcano Profiles series, this one on Erta Ale in Ethiopia. The lava lake in the crater of Erta Ale. Selected resources of Erta'Ale: Bizhourd, H., Barberi, F. and Varet, J., 1980, ...