Erta Ale volcano, Ethiopia

 Erta Ale volcano, Ethiopia

Then it was time for the 80 kilometres journey from Afrera to the Erta Ale volcano.

Staring into teh abyss of the throat of the volcano.

A closer view of the lava lake.

And the view is constantly changing as the lave swells up, creates a crust and then pulls some the crust down as it descends back down the throat to be remelted.

Some of the lava fountains.

A close up of the lave lake.

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