This is like a wound that never gets closed. In one of the hottest spots of the Earth, in the desert of northern Ethiopia, where even in the winter temperatures vary between 40 to 50oC, the volcano Erta Ale was discovered by the Europeans in 1906. The volcano is active for hundreds of years.
Most volcanoes manifest through occasional eruptions, then their lava hardens, like a crust on a wound. But the wound of Erta Ales does not get closed. 25 Ma ago, a crack emerged between the Arabian and ...
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