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The Eye of the Sahara is one of the most incredible geological marvels of our world. This phenomenal site sits in the Sahara Desert in western Mauritania. It is approximately 30 miles (48 km) in diameter, and is actually visible from orbit. Most likely it is the result of the effects uplift and erosion, although […]Read More
Erta Ale is an impressive, continuously active volcano, sitting in the Afar Region of Africa, in northeastern Ethiopia. The place is a basaltic shield volcano residing within the Afar Depression. This is a desert area which spans the border of Eretria. It is an extremely low elevation volcano. In fact, the region immediately surrounding it is […]Read More
Lake Nakuru is one of a unique group of lakes, also collectively popular as the Rift Valley Soda Lakes. This picturesque lake sits at an elevation of roughly 5,755 ft (1,754 m) above sea level, in the rift valley of Kenya, in Africa. The lake also forms part of Lake Nakuru National Park. The surface area […]Read More
Nyiragongo Volcano Facts The Nyiragongo Volcano presents a quite unique combination of factors for vulcanologists to study. Investigations of this geological marvel keep geologists rather busy. While the volume of its lava lake varies, the average amount of lava it contains makes it the largest regularly maintained lava lake in the world. The lava produced […]
Cango Caves Facts Many people consider the most noteworthy fact about the Cango Caves to be their status as the most extensive and best known geological marvel of its kind found anywhere in the region. This complex of caves and tunnels also happens to be extremely old. The limestone in which they appear formed during the […]
Ol Doinyo Lengai ranks as one of the most unusual volcanoes on earth and possesses extremely unusual attributes. These make it the only one of its type on earth. It also constitutes the only active volcano in its region. Moreover, eruptions occur frequently, though they usually remain minor. The last eruption of significance was in […]
Tristan da Cunha holds several distinctions. Not only does the lone island hold the name, but the entire archipelago also does, collectively. Unquestionably, this geological wonder ranks as the most remote inhabited archipelago on earth. The nearest inhabited area sits nearly 1,200 mi (2,000 km) away, and that location itself consists of a small, sparsely populated island. […]
Erg Chebbi serves as the common name for a Saharan erg located in the country of Morocco. This geological formation also forms one of only two such ergs found in the country. Being typical of such regions, vegetation stays almost non-existent within its boundaries. The nearest sizable human habitation also lies roughly 37 mi (60 […]
The Sahara is the largest and best known hot desert on earth. Due to being considered cold deserts, only the Arctic and Antarctic measure larger in overall area. In addition, the majority of the desert lies in the northern part of Africa. The total area of the Sahara also compares to the combined surface area […]
The Dallol Hydrothermal Field represents an incredible wonder of geology sitting in a remote part of the northern Danakil Depression in Ethiopia, in Africa. The field is officially the lowest known subaerial volcanic region on earth. From the perspective of uniqueness, it remains one of the world’s most spectacular landscapes. This site comprises an expansive region of […]
Lake Nakuru is one of a unique group of lakes, also collectively popular as the Rift Valley Soda Lakes. This picturesque lake sits at an elevation of roughly 5,755 ft (1,754 m) above sea level, in the rift valley of Kenya, in Africa. The lake also forms part of Lake Nakuru National Park. The surface area […]
Lake Turkana forms an extremely large lake located primarily in Kenya, in Africa. However, a small portion of it also crosses into Ethiopia. It remains the largest known permanent desert lake on Earth. Lake Turkana also holds recognition for being the world’s largest alkaline lake. By volume, it also ranks as the world’s fourth largest […]
Erta Ale is an impressive, continuously active volcano, sitting in the Afar Region of Africa, in northeastern Ethiopia. The place is a basaltic shield volcano residing within the Afar Depression. This is a desert area which spans the border of Eretria. It is an extremely low elevation volcano. In fact, the region immediately surrounding it is […]
