water view No. 23
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by George Steinmetz - © Corbis. All Rights Reserved. - © George Steinmetz/Corbis
Afar Depression
01 Apr 2011, Djibouti --- Lake Assal, located 150meters below sea level, is the lowest point in Africa. It has extremely high salinity, supposedly higher than the Dead Sea in Israel/Jordan, and is only a few km. from the Red Sea along the opening of the East African Rift. The lake is raked by very strong winds every afternoon as the heat of the Danakil Depression draws cooler air from the sea inland, and the wind and sun combine to produce rapid evaporation. The level of the lake appears to be dropping as there are ol --- Image by © George Steinmetz/Corbis
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