Discover the unique Erta Ale volcano, a shield volcano in the Afar region of Ethiopia, famous for its long-lived lava lake. The lava lake in the crater of Erta Ale. Selected resources of Erta'Ale: ...

Just got this email about the eruption in northern Afar, Ethiopia. Sounds like it has released a significant amount of sulfur into the atmosphere: **A total of 0.1-0.2 Tg of SO2 was measured in the ...

Atlas Obscura on Slate is a new travel blog. Like us on Facebook, Tumblr, or follow us on Twitter @atlasobscura. Located in the Danakil Depression (or Afar Depression) in the Afar Region of ...

There hasn't been a lot of coverage in the news, but Ethiopia's Erta'Ale has started issuing new lava flows over the last week. I got a note from an Eruptions reader who is near the volcano that ...

The United States Embassy in Ethiopia is asking tourists to reconsider travel to the active Erta Ale volcano where a German tourist was killed earlier this month. The volcano is a tourist destination ...

Three tectonic plates are believed to be slowly moving away from each other, opening holes and exposing large swathes of magma. The most significant crack appeared near to the Erta Ale volcano – known ...

Erta Ale volcano in the Afar Region, Ethiopia is considered one of the world’s famous active volcano and molten lava lake. The volcano is active again and lava is flowing out of its crater forcing ...

The alternative text for this image may have been generated using AI. We formed a time series of interferograms using radar images acquired by the ENVISAT satellite, from five different tracks both in ...