Debris Avalanche at Mount Meru, Tanzania

Peak of Mount Meru on the northern flank of the volcano looking south. Flank collapse amphitheater clearly visible on the left of the volcano. Image courtesy Wiki

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Mount Longonot, Kenya

Mount Longonot most recent caldera (pit crater) with line of pyroclastic craters down flank fissure on the north.  Massive lava flow on the flank visible on the lower left of the photo.  Image courtesy Lonely Planet

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.