Salt mining and trade - Afar Triangle

sm1gva_ET_x3489_g Dromedary caravan carrying salt (halite) slabs over Lake Assale, Danakil depression, Afar region, Ethiopia
sm1gva_ET_x3494_g Dromedary caravan carrying salt (halite) slabs over Lake Assale, Danakil depression, Afar region, Ethiopia
sm1gva_ET_x3504_g Afar herder leading a dromedary caravan carrying rock salt slabes (halite) over Lake Assale, Danakil depression, Afar region, Ethiopia
sm1gva_ET_x3513_g Dromedar of a caravan carrying salt (potash) slabs over Lake Assale, Danakil depression, Afar region, Ethiopia
sm1gva_ET_x3575_g Afar herder with a donkey transporting salt blocks, Lake Assale, Danakil depression, Afar region, Ethiopia
sm1gva_ET_x3580_g Dromedary caravan carrying salt (halite) slabs over Lake Assale, Danakil depression, Afar region, Ethiopia
sm1gva_ET_x3588_g Afar herder leading a dromedary caravan carrying rock salt slabes (halite) over Lake Assale, Danakil depression, Afar region, Ethiopia
sm1gva_ET_x3590_g Dromedary caravan carrying salt (halite) slabs over Lake Assale, Danakil depression, Afar region, Ethiopia
sm1gva_ET_x3594_g Dromedary caravan carrying salt (halite) slabs over Lake Assale, Danakil depression, Afar region, Ethiopia
sm1gva_ET_x3599_g Dromedar caravan traversing Lake Assale at dusk, Danakil depression, of which the lowest point is situated 110m below sea level, Afar region, Ethiopia
sm1gva_ET_x3604_g Dromedar caravan traversing Lake Assale at dusk, Danakil depression, of which the lowest point is situated 110m below sea level, Afar region, Ethiopia
sm1gva_ET_cx3863_g Salt cutters (genannt focolo) are working hard to break up the crust of the Lake Assale, the first step
sm1gva_ET_cx3868_g Cutting of salt blocs, traditional salt mining at Lake Assale, Danakil depression, Ethiopia
sm1gva_ET_cx3885_g Cutting of salt blocs, traditional salt mining at Lake Assale, Danakil depression, Ethiopia
sm1gva_ET_cx3899_g Salt cutters (genannt focolo) are working hard to break up the crust of the Lake Assale, the first step
sm1gva_ET_cx3906_g Dromedars resting until being loaded with salt slabs in the eveing, Lake Assale, Danakil depression, Afar region, Ethiopia
sm1gva_ET_cx3914_g Dromedars resting until being loaded with salt slabs in the eveing, Lake Assale, Danakil depression, Afar region, Ethiopia
sm1gva_ET_cx3918_g Salt slabs piled up waiting for being loaded on dromedars, Lake Assale, Danakil depression, Afar region, Ethiopia
sm1gva_ET_cx3933_g Afar herder is loading a dromedar with salt slabs weighing each 7kg, Lake Assale, Danakil depression, Afar region, Ethiopia
sm1gva_ET_cx3943_g Afar herder is loading a dromedar with salt slabs weighing each 7kg, Lake Assale, Danakil depression, Afar region, Ethiopia

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