Djibouti Collection

At 509 feet below sea level, Lake Assal is the lowest place in Africa. From time immemorial, nomadic Afar tribesmen have come here regularly with their camels to collect salt

An Afar camel caravan crossing the salt flats of Lake Assal, Djibouti as shadows lengthen in the late afternoon. At 509 feet below sea level, Lake Assal is the lowest place in Africa

An aerial view of the volcanic cones at the inlet of Ghoubbet el Kharb (the Devils Throat)
An aerial view of the volcanic cones at the inlet of Ghoubbet el Kharz'b (the Devils Throat), a region of high seismic activity where deep fractures in the lava continue to widen year by year

An aerial view of the caldera Sisale K'ma, which is 3, 937 feet in diameter and 300, 000 years old
An aerial view of the caldera Sisale K? ma, which is 3, 937 feet in diameter and 300, 000 years old. It is situated at the inlet of Ghoubbet el Khar?'b (the Devil?)

Djibouti, Bay of Tadjourah. A Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus) swims near the surface in the Bay of Tadjourah

Djibouti. A Red Swimming Crab (Charybdis erythrodactyla) swims in the Indian Ocean

Lake Abbe, on the border of Djibouti and Ethiopia, is the last in a line of alkaline lakes in which the Awash River dissipates

During a dance, Muslim girls from the Sultanate of Tadjoura, dress up in all their finery and display the curved daggers of their men

An aerial view of the caldera Sisale Kma
An aerial view of the caldera Sisale K ma, which is 3, 937 feet in diameter and 300, 000 years old. It is situated at the inlet of Ghoubbet el Kharab (the Devils Throat)

An aerial view of the volcanic cones at the inlet of Ghoubbet el Khar‰ b (the Devils Throat), a region of high seismic activity where deep fractures in the lava continue to widen year by year

An Afar camel caravan crosses the salt flats of Lake Assal, Djibouti, as shadows lengthen in the late afternoon sun. At 509 feet below sea level, Lake Assal is the lowest place in Africa

Despite a worldwide ban on trade in leopard skins, they are openly on sale in curio stalls catering to tourists at Djibouti-ville

A large container vessel discharges its cargo at the port of Djibouti, which is an important facility for land-locked Ethiopia after that countrys war with Eritrea

A fishermen paddles his small boat across Tadjoura Bay at sunrise

On the inhospitable lava-strewn hills surrounding the inlet of Ghoubbet el Khar‰ b (the Devils Throat), a relative of the Dragons Blood Tree (Dracaena orbet)

The volcanic island of Ounda Ginni Kma
The volcanic island of Ounda Ginni K ma (the small Hill of Devils) situated near Ghoubbet el Kharab (the Devils Throat), a region of high seismic activity where deep fractures in the lava continue to

After a rain shower, shrubs of the Pea family (Papilionoideae) give a splash of colour to the forbidding landscape near Ghoubbet el Kharab (the Devils Throat)

A Somali of the Issa clan loads his camels with salt at Lake Assal. He has rubbed henna into his hair and beard to make them orange-red

Pure salt crystallizes on the flats beside Lake Assal. At 509 feet below sea level, Lake Assal is the lowest place in Africa

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