Explore the terrifying beauty of Erta Ale, an active volcano in Ethiopia.

Zoom in on a remarkable feature of the African Rift Valley: the lava lake at Erta Ale in Ethiopia.

... Erta Ale . ( Modified from Francis , 1993. ) The world's northernmost active volcano is Beerenberg , located in the small and rather bleak island of Jan Mayen . Beerenberg has been active five times since 1633 , the last time in 1985 ...

... ERTA ALE Earmarked by the Afar regional government as the centrepiece of a forthcoming ' crater national park ' , Erta Ale ranks as one of the most alluring - and physically challenging - natural attractions anywhere in Ethiopia ...

... lava lake, and none have lasted as long as Erta Ale's. have lasted as long as Erta Ale's. Erta Ale ARABIAN PENINSULA ETHIOPIA T KILIMANJARO hishis manymany AfricanAfrican ways.ways. volcanovolcano KilimanjaroKilimanjaro isis aa. 22 Erta ...

... Ale , Alu - Dala Filla , Borale Ale , Erta Ale , Hayli Gub ( Hayli Gubbi ) and Ale Bagu ( Alebbagu ) , of which only the last does not lie on the main axis of the chain . The oldest rocks are submarine basaltic flows and hydroclastic ...

... Erta Ale occupies much of the depression floor . Away from the lava flows , the Danakil is floored by playa flats of silts and evaporites . Littoral and reef marine limestones of mid - Pleistocene age ( 200-80 ka ) survive in places ...

... Erta Ale ( Ethiopia ) but very few individual examples have reportedly per- sisted for more than a few decades . These include Halema'uma'u ( Hawai'i , 1823-1924 ) and Erta Ale ( probably active for at least the past century ; Plate 71 ) ...

... ERTA ALE'S LAVA LAKE - MINIATURE VERSIONS OF THE GREAT CRACKS IN EARTH'S RIGID SHELL THAT DEFINE OUR PLANET'S TECTONIC PLATES . LIKE THE SEAMS OF A GIANT BASEBALL , THE SUTURES. Lightweight radioactive isotopes of potassium , uranium ...