ARDOUCÔBA – the Seven-Day-Wonder in the AFAR TRIANGLE

…and the youngest volcano on Earth

Ardoukôba within the Assal-Ghoubbet Rift. View from SE, Lake Ghoubbet in the foreground and Lake Assal behind it. 3D-rendering of Google Earth satellite view.

This is hardly a place the average tourist would choose to use his saved up money and spare time to spend an extended holiday, and yet, it’s the place where many a scientist of any calling would gladly give an arm and a leg to be able to go for an extended research project.

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