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Etymology

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Is the "dallol" in Dallol Bosso unrelated etymologically to the name of the volcano? ZFT (talk) 19:38, 20 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

See also https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Talk:dallol

Comparison with Yellowstone

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I don't know if it is valid to compare Dallol with Yellowstone.

In Yellowstone the colors are dull compared to Dallol (looking at them without sunglasses). In Dallol the colors are very bright, even at noon with a tropical sun.

The colors in Yellowstone originate from bacteria/microbes/.. The colors in Dallol originate from a mix of salt water with iron oxide/sulfur/mud.

Both Yellowstone and Dallol have volcanic origins.

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Dallol

Dallol is a cinder-cone volcano in the Danakil Depression, northeast of the Erta Ale Range in Ethiopia. The area lies up to 120 m (390 ft) below sea level, and has been repeatedly flooded in the past when waters from the Red Sea have inundated it. The Danakil Depression is one of the hottest places on Earth, and the evaporation of seawater after these flooding episodes produced thick deposits of salt, as seen in this landscape. The deposits at Dallol include significant quantities of the carbonate, sulfate and chloride salts of sodium, potassium, calcium and magnesium. Hot springs discharge brine to form the blueish ponds, and small, temporary geysers produce cones of salt.

Photograph credit: Alexander Savin

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