Here's a look at some of the hottest places on Earth, from record-setting Death Valley to the consistently scorching Danakil ...

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A few months back, German photographer Ulrike Crespo was climbing a small hill in the Afar Triangle of northern Ethiopia when the colors suddenly changed. The dusty browns and grays of the desert gave ...

(via SciShow) With acidic puddles, lava lakes, and one of the most important early hominid discoveries, the Danakil Depression is home to all of the extremes.

To descend into the Danakil Depression is to step into another world. The thick warm air, the hazy sky and the rugged empty mountains that gradually give way to the immensity of a white, shimmering ...

SCORCHING temperatures, salt-smothered terrain and toxic air. It doesn’t sound like an inviting place to live, yet here in the Danakil depression in Ethiopia, microorganisms are thriving. The harsh ...

Welcome to one of the most hostile environments on Earth, a place so extreme that it looks like it's being pulled apart at the seams. The temperatures here regularly soar above 125°F, making it one of ...