White gold of the desert

Posted by PBGalerie.ch at 05:45 PM in 2009

Continuation of the gallery “In the origins of Earth“.

© PBGalerie.ch / Noble posture

© PBGalerie.ch / The muscles of salt

© PBGalerie.ch / White gold of the desert

© PBGalerie.ch / Ascension

Salines of Afdera again…

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Tags: Afar, Afdera, Danakil, Ethiopia

Afar beauty

Posted by PBGalerie.ch at 05:45 PM in 2009

Continuation of the gallery “In the origins of Earth“.

© PBGalerie.ch / Afar beauty

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Tags: Afar, Afdera, Danakil, Ethiopia, Portrait

In the salines of Afdera II

Posted by PBGalerie.ch at 05:45 PM in 2009

Continuation of the gallery “In the origins of Earth“.

© PBGalerie.ch / Salt mountains

© PBGalerie.ch / Salt workers

© PBGalerie.ch / Filling

Back to the salines of Afdera where workers start very early, before sunrise, to avoid the terrific heat.

The salt that comes from Afdera covers 65% of the country’s salt consumption; the remaining 35% is imported.

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Tags: Afar, Afdera, Danakil, Ethiopia

Proud Afar

Posted by PBGalerie.ch at 05:45 PM in 2009

Continuation of the gallery “In the origins of Earth“.

© PBGalerie.ch / Proud Afar

Another portrait of this rude, free and proud people.

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Tags: Afar, Ethiopia, Portrait

In the salines of Afdera

Posted by PBGalerie.ch at 05:45 PM in 2009

Continuation of the gallery “In the origins of Earth“.

© PBGalerie.ch / Owner of a saline

© PBGalerie.ch / Measurement

We left Logiya… At the end of a long road / track lined with desert landscapes, we reach the shores of Lake Afdera which culminates at -100 m below sea level.

Afdera is located in the Danakil depression, the hottest desert in the world. The lake has a high salinity of marine origin. The salt is taken from the lake since centuries.

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Tags: Afar, Afdera, Danakil, Ethiopia, Portrait

My aunt and me

Posted by PBGalerie.ch at 05:30 PM in 2009

Continuation of the gallery “In the origins of Earth“.

© PBGalerie.ch / My aunt and me

A young girl with her aunt in the Afar Region.

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Tags: Afar, Children, Ethiopia, Portrait