The Unreal Beauty Of Dallol, Ethiopia, The Hottest Inhabited Place On The Planet

For those, who wish to explore an unearthly landscape and see the site resembling a NASA footage, Dallol, Ethiopia is the right place to visit.

Sulphur and mineral salt formations are seen near Dallol in the Danakil Depression, northern Ethiopia.

The Danakil Depression in Ethiopia is one of the hottest and harshest environments on earth, with an average annual temperature of 94 degrees Fahrenheit (34.4 Celsius).

For centuries, merchants have travelled there with caravans of camels to collect salt from the surface of the vast desert basin. The mineral is extracted and shaped into slabs, then loaded onto the animals before being transported back across the desert so that it can be sold around the country.?

In this region, salt is the main source of income. They travel for days through the dry desert, to sell the salt.

Dallol, Ethiopia, is a very remote and least explored part of the world. However, it is still inhabited by the Afar people, a nomadic tribe that lives in mobile huts and has small livestock.

Besides, the unusual geological conditions and hydrothermal zones, Dallol is the hottest place on the earth. Obviously, the sun does its job, but the air and gas from hot sulfur springs and boiling lava lakes, cause the temperature to reach 94F on average.