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Ethiopia, Lake Karum, Afar Region. Salt patterns on the flats beside Lake Karum. This salt water lake lies 116 metres below sea level and is fed by seawater just below the surface.
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Horses cross the Ntwetwe saltpan. Set in a harsh landscape,this pan is the western of two huge saltpans,which comprise the immense Makgadikgadi region of the Northern Kalahari one of the largest expanses of saltpans in the world.
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Las Salinas, Museo del Sal, Fuerteventura, Canary Islands, Spain, Atlantic, Europe
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Dead Vlei, Namib-Naukluft National Park, Namib Desert, Sossusvlei Region, Namibia, Africa
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Salt patterns are noticeable on the salt flats of Lake Assal at last light.At 509 feet below sea level, Lake Assal is the lowest place in Africa.Nomadic Afar tribesmen come here with their camels to collect salt.
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An Afar camel caravan crosses the salt flats of Lake Assal, Djibouti, as shadows lengthen in the late afternoon sun. At 509 feet below sea level, Lake Assal is the lowest place in Africa.Extremely high midday temperatures, which can surpass 120 Fahrenheit.The salt is sold across the border in Ethiopia.
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An Afar camel caravan crosses the salt flats of Lake Assal, Djibouti, as shadows lengthen in the late afternoon sun. At 509 feet below sea level, Lake Assal is the lowest place in Africa.Extremely high midday temperatures, which can surpass 120 Fahrenheit.The salt is sold across the border in Ethiopia.
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At 509 feet below sea level,Lake Assal is the lowest place in Africa. From time immemorial,nomadic Afar tribesmen have come here regularly with their camels to collect salt. More recently,mechanical harvesting has begun in an attempt to satisfy an insatiable demand for salt in Ethiopia
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Botswana, Kubu Island. An ancient baobab sits overlooking the Makgadikgadi Saltpans from Kubu Island.
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Dead Vlei, Namib-Naukluft National Park, Namib Desert, Sossusvlei Region, Namibia, Africa
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Botswana, Makgadikgadi. A romantic dinner for two is set up at sunset on the empty Makgadikgadi saltpans.
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As the light fades on a blistering day, an Afar man digs for salt at Lake Assal.At 509 feet below sea level, Lake Assal is the lowest place in Africa.Nomadic Afar tribesmen come here with their camels to collect salt.The camel caravans leave again before daybreak the following day.Each animal carries between four and ten thirty pound sacks according to its size and maturity.The salt is sold across
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Botswana, Makgadikgadi. A Tourist at the base of the thousand-year-old Chapman's Baobab.
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Botswana, Makgadikgadi. A family jump high in the air above the Makgadikgadi salt pans.
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A pack of meerkats on the edge of the Ntwetwe salt pan in the Northern Kalahari.These unusual looking social mongooses inhabit dry, open country with hard ground, such as alkaline salt pans. They leave their dens soon after sunrise.
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Lake Assal crater lake in the central Djibouti with its salt pans, Afar Depression, Djibouti, Africa
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Salt pans and volcanoes in the background, near Yaiza, Lanzarote, Canary Islands, Spain, Atlantic, Europe
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Botswana, Makgadikgadi. A meerkat keeps watch for predators in the dry Makgadikgadi pans of Botswana.
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A gnarled baobab tree grows among rocks at Kubu Island on the edge of the Sowa Pan.This pan is the eastern of two huge salt pans comprising the immense Makgadikgadi region of the Northern Kalahari one of the largest expanses of salt pans in the world.
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An Afar camel caravan crosses the salt flats of Lake Assal, Djibouti, as shadows lengthen in the late afternoon sun. At 509 feet below sea level, Lake Assal is the lowest place in Africa.Extremely high midday temperatures, which can surpass 120 Fahrenheit.The salt is sold across the border in Ethiopia.
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Botswana, Makgadikgadi. A romantic dinner for two is set up at sunset on the empty Makgadikgadi saltpans.
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Maasai cattle on salt flats near Magadi wait their turn for water. Cattle in this hot,semi-arid region of Kenya are watered every other day.
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The Suguta Valley is a low-lying area of salt pans,mud flats and volcanic cones surrounded by awesome mountain ranges. Once,a part of Lake Turkana,the place is one of the hottest and most unpleasant corners of Kenya,a hell-on-earth where midday temperatures can reach 1400 F in the shade. Nomadic Turkana herdsmen bring their livestock here for salt but they never stay long.
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Botswana, Makgadikgadi. Hoodia Cactus with cut open to reveal the cross section. The appetite supressing qualities of this plant have long been known to the San bushman and are now generating interest amongst pharmaceuticals for dieting aids.
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A pack of meerkats on the edge of the Ntwetwe salt pan in the Northern Kalahari.These unusual looking social mongooses inhabit dry, open country with hard ground, such as alkaline salt pans. They leave their dens soon after sunrise.
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An elephant enjoys a mud wallow in the Nxai Pan National Park.Situated to the north of the Mkgadikgadi Pans, this 2,658 square kilometre park is flat and featureless but, after rain, its open grasslands sustain a large transient wildlife population.
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A meerkat on the edge of the Ntwetwe salt pan in the Northern Kalahari.These unusual looking social mongooses inhabit dry, open country with hard ground, such as alkaline salt pans. They leave their dens soon after sunrise and before foraging, they warm themselves facing the sun on their hindlegs in a posture that maximises the exposure of the thin haired underside of their bodies to the sun.
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A spectacular grove of ancient baobab trees, known as Baines Baobabs, perches on the eastern edge of the Kudiakam Pan in the Nxai Pan National Park.
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Botswana, Makgadikgadi. Meerkats keep watch for predators in the dry grasses of the Makgadokgadi.
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Botswana, Makgadikgadi. A romantic dinner for two is set up at sunset on the empty Makgadikgadi saltpans.
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Botswana, Makgadikgadi. A romantic dinner for two is set up at sunset on the empty Makgadikgadi saltpans.
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A gnarled baobab tree grows among rocks at Kubu Island on the edge of the Sowa Pan.This pan is the eastern of two huge salt pans comprising the immense Makgadikgadi region of the Northern Kalahari one of the largest expanses of salt pans in the world.
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Botswana,Makgadikgadi. A young lady at the base of the thousand-year-old Chapman's Baobab.
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Botswana, Makgadikgadi. A kettle boils on the braai in front of a well-stocked bar.
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Maasai water their livestock at a water tank constructed by the Magadi Soda Company on salt flats. Until fresh water was piped from distant hills,the Maasai could only graze their livestock at Magadi during the bi-annual rainy season.
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A meerkat on the edge of the Ntwetwe salt pan in the Northern Kalahari.These unusual looking social mongooses inhabit dry, open country with hard ground, such as alkaline salt pans.
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Botswana, Makgadikgadi. A Yellow Mongoose grooming another in the shade.
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An Afar camel caravan crosses the salt flats of Lake Assal, Djibouti, as shadows lengthen in the late afternoon sun. At 509 feet below sea level, Lake Assal is the lowest place in Africa.Extremely high midday temperatures, which can surpass 120 Fahrenheit.The salt is sold across the border in Ethiopia.
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Botswana, Makgadikgadi. A young man photographs a meerkat that sits on his leg
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A full moon rises over a spectacular grove of ancient baobab trees, known as Baines Baobabs, which perches on the eastern edge of the Kudiakam Pan in the Nxai Pan National Park.
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A 4x4 in the salt pans of Makgadikgadi Pan National Park, Makgadikgadi Pan, the largest salt flat complex in the world covering 16000 square kilometers, central Botswana, Africa
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Sunrise over Ntwetwe salt pan. The patterns on the soil of this harsh landscape are typical of salt encrustations. Ntwetwe is the western of two huge saltpans,which comprise the immense Makgadikgadi region of the Northern Kalahari one of the largest expanses of saltpans in the world.
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Botswana, Makgadikgadi. San Bushman guides head back towards Jacks Camp, Makgadikgadi.
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a walk in the sand of Playa Ingles, Gran Canaria. Sand comes from Africa overseas with the wind.
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Botswana, Makgadikgadi, Jack's Camp. Tourists driving quad bikes across the Makgadikgadi pans at sunset.
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Piles of salt on salt flats, Chott El Jerid, Tunisia, North Africa, Africa
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The dry Makgadikgadi Pan near Nata in North East Botswana, Southern Africa
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The dry Makgadikgadi Pan near Nata in North East Botswana, Southern Africa
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Botswana, Makgadikgadi, Jack's Camp. Tourists race across the pans on quadbikes at sunset.
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The only salt pans on the island still being worked, at Salinas de Janubio in the south, Salinas de Janubio, Teguise, Lanzarote, Canary Islands, Spain, Atlantic, Europe
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Panorama of Papagayo Beach in Lanzarote, Canary Islands
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