Ol doinyo Lengai, The Maasais Mountain of God, is the only active volcano in the Gregory Rift.An important section of the eastern branch of Africas Great Rift Valley.It still discharges rare carbonatite lavas, which turn white on exposure to air.
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Ol doinyo Lengai, The Maasais Mountain of God, is the only active volcano in the Gregory Rift.An important section of the eastern branch of Africas Great Rift Valley.It still discharges rare carbonatite lavas, which turn white on exposure to air.
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Maasai warriors stride across the golden grass plains at the foot of Ol doinyo Lengai, the Maasais Mountain of God. Ol doinyo Lengai is the only active volcano in the Gregory Rift, an important section of the eastern branch of Africas Great Rift Valley system that stretches from northern Kenya into Northern Tanzania.
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Ol doinyo Lengai, the Maasais Mountain of God, in early morning sunlight. It is the only active volcano in the Gregory Rift.An important section of the eastern branch of Africas Great Rift Valley.This 9,400 foot high volcano with deeply eroded sides stands 7,000 feet above the surrounding plains.
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Sunrise over Ol Doinyo Lengai, The Maasais Mountain of God, which is the only active volcano in the Gregory Rift.An important section of the eastern branch of Africas Great Rift Valley.
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Lake Natron in northern Tanzania is one of the most alkaline of the Rift system.As its waters evaporate in the intense heat, sodium sesquicarbonate, known as trona or natron, solidifies to resemble giant coral heads in brightly coloured water. Visible beyond the lake is Ol doinyo Lengai the only active volcano in the Gregory Rift.
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The world famous Ngorongoro Crater was declared a World Heritage Site in 1978. Its 102-square-mile crater floor is spectacular for wildlife. The crater is in fact a 'caldera' the largest unbroken,unflooded caldera in the world which was formed two and a half million years ago when a huge explosion destroyed the walls of a volcano standing about 15,000 feet high. .
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Dawn over Ol doinyo Lengai, The Maasais Mountain of God, which is the only active volcano in the Gregory Rift, an important section of the eastern branch of Africas Great Rift Valley.
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Ol doinyo Lengai, The Maasais Mountain of God, is the only active volcano in the Gregory Rift.An important section of the eastern branch of Africas Great Rift Valley.This 9,400-foot-high volcano still discharges rare carbonatite lavas, which turn white on exposure to air.
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