Famous for its bright colors and otherworldly scenery formed by mineral deposits, the region will entice visitors with ...

The Dallol hydrothermal pools are harsh environments. (Image credit: Shutterstock) Unearthly greens and yellows color the scorching-hot landscape surrounding the Dallol volcano in northern Ethiopia.

Located in northeast Ethiopia, Dallol consists of “hypersaline sites, magnesium-rich brines, and hypersaline, hyperacidic and hot pools on an active volcano”.

These pictures may look like the set of a science-fiction flick, but they're not only real — they're of this planet. These volcanic explosion craters are in the Danakil Depression in Ethiopia, a ...

Inside the explosion crater of Dallol volcano, Danakil Depression, Ethiopia Image: Getty. Even in winter, daily temperatures routinely exceed 45ºC above pools of boiling water.

Live Science reports a lively he-said-she-said over the potential for life in an extreme environment around a volcano in Ethiopia. One group sought to prove a negative and demonstrate that the ...

Ethiopia's geothermal field Dallol is full of acidic, salty and hot ponds that don't allow life to form. Puri Lopez-Garcia. CNN — Life exists in extreme environments on Earth, from arid ...

Allana Potash will make the final decision on whether to proceed with the Dallol potash project, in Ethiopia, by mid-2012.