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The Great East African Rift Valley
The Great Rift Valley is a geological ensemble consisting of a series of faults, ridges and rifts stretching for about 6,000 kilometers in length from north to south and 40 to 60 kilometers in width from Levant to Southern Africa through the Red Sea and the great African lakes.[wikipedia.org]
Map Source: http://wikhydro.developpement-durable.gouv.fr/
The interior of the Rift and its escarpments – the western shore of Lake Natron.
Author: Clem23 — Travail personnel, CC BY-SA 3.0, Source: commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2204942
Image of “ash cone” from the summit of Mount Meru (Tanzania)
Author: Galano. Source: commons.wikimedia.org
Hornito in the crater of Ol Doinyo Lengai, Tanzania
Source:commons.wikimedia.org
The Dallol volcano, puddle of acid and formation of salt, sulfur and other minerals
Author: Hervé Sthioul. source: commons.wikimedia.org
The road to and around Lake Natron led through Africa’s famous Rift Valley. It presented moment after stunning moment of new sights – both cultural and natural. Highlights included time spent with members of the local Maasai tribes, including a stop at a local market, a number of craftswomen selling their jewelry at a volcanic crater.
Author: Alex Berger. Source: flickr.com
African sunrise, Ndutu, Tanzania, East Africa
Author: Diana Robinson. Source: flickr.com
Simien Mountains Landscape, Ethiopia
Author: A. Davey.Source: commons.wikimedia.org
The round stone, mud and daub houses in Lalibela, Ethiopia. The people there call them “old houses” in contrast to the “new houses” which are square due to their use of corregated tin roofing (which only comes in square panels).
Author: Tim & Annette Gulick. Source: flickr.com
Sipi, Kapchorwa, Ouganda
Author: stttijn. Source: flickr.com
Author: Leandro Neumann Ciuffo. Source: flickr.com
Mountain Gorillas, in Volcanoes National Park Rwanda.
Author: Travelling Pooh. Source: flickr.com
Male lion drinking at the watering hole, Ndutu, Tanzania
Author: Diana Robinson. Source: flickr.com
Tarangire National Park, Manyara, Tanzania, East Africa.
Author: Allan Hopkins.Source: flickr.com
The Maasai
The Maasai constitute a population of semi-nomadic herders and warriors from East Africa, mainly living in central and south-western Kenya and northern Tanzania.
Author: Mariamichelle. Source: pixabay.com
I am taking a course on Africa, and just learned of the Great Rift, so I am glad to see the images. I wish you peace these days in Morocco, as I have been following the news as best as I can.
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Wonderful post with interesting facts – thank you 😺💕
yeees , dear 🙂
Outstanding photos and very interesting to see other cultures and their world.
I wish you a wonderful journey. But attention, human conditions (social, economic, political, cultural …) are very bad
welcome
Yeees. Natural beauty (magnificent) 😄 Human life (catastrophic)😱
Loved your photos. I can’t wait for my safari in December.
wonderful! thank you
Oh!！I went to Rift Valley and Masaimara：D
This is ↓ and I was stuck!!(T▽T)!!!
https://nasudanasuko.wordpress.com/2015/04/08/the-wagon-was-stuck-%e3%80%80%e3%82%b9%e3%82%bf%e3%83%83%e3%82%af%e3%81%a7%e7%ab%8b%e3%81%a1%e5%be%80%e7%94%9f/
Ja, Afrika ist beeindruckend, mit seiner Natur 🙂 🙂 🙂 .. aber seine menschlichen Bedingungen sind zu schlecht.:( 🙁 🙁
1992 habe ich drei Wochen Urlaub in Kenia verbracht. Afrika, ein Kontinent, der mich gefangen hält!
G. l. G. Jochen
thanks friend 🙂
Nice picture…
It is a very beautiful region, ignored by most of the inhabitants of the world.
It is a very beautiful region, ignored by most of the inhabitants of the world
Incredible pictures and an interesting read! Thanks for sharing.
It’s beautiful!!! All the images are stunning!
I’ve read about the masaai community! It’s interesting!