Yann participated in our Danakil expedition in February 2025 and shares a selection of his photos from his trip. To see the full set of his images, please visit Ethiopia 2025 on his Smugmug page.
Camels and their herder near Semera in Afar region, Ethiopia (Photo: Yann Jouanique) [info]
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Salt evaporation pond at sunset near lake Afdera in Afar region, Ethiopia (Photo: Yann Jouanique) [info]
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Women by a hot spring near Semera in Afar region, Ethiopia (Photo: Yann Jouanique) [info]
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Women by a hot spring near Semera in Afar region, Ethiopia (Photo: Yann Jouanique) [info]
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Silhouette of a 4×4 vehicle in campsite at sunset near lake Afdera in Afar region, Ethiopia (Photo: … [info]
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Dead wooden branch at sunset in the Asale salt lake in the Danakil depression, Ethiopia (Photo: Yann… [info]
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Taking a bath in a mineral spring in the Danakil desert (Photo: Yann Jouanique) [info]
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Active hornitos at dusk in Erta Ale volcano’s caldera (Photo: Yann Jouanique) [info]
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Silhouettes of people approaching the hornitos in the Erta Ale volcano’s caldera at dawn. (Photo: Ya… [info]
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The western caldera wall of the Erta Ale volcano’s caldera covered by recent lava flows. (Photo: Yan… [info]
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Twisted ropy pahoehoe lava from Erta Ale volcano’s caldera (Photo: Yann Jouanique) [info]
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Active hornito with a window into its glowing interior (Photo: Yann Jouanique) [info]
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Colorful hot-temperature minerals coating the glassy lava and the glowing hot interior of the hornit… [info]
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Active hornitos glowing at dusk (Photo: Yann Jouanique) [info]
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Night-time view over parts of the Erta Ale volcano’s caldera with two glowing hornitos in its center… [info]
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The two eastern hornitos in the caldera at sunset (Photo: Yann Jouanique) [info]
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Glowing hornitos at night (Photo: Yann Jouanique) [info]
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Person approaching one of the active hornitos at night (Photo: Yann Jouanique) [info]
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Sun rising from one of the active hornitos (Photo: Yann Jouanique) [info]
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Fumes illuminates by the rising sun behind one of the hornitos (Photo: Yann Jouanique) [info]
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Glowing hot gasses escaping from a vent at one of the hornitos (Photo: Yann Jouanique) [info]
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Sunrise over a fumes-covered section of the volcano’s caldera. (Photo: Yann Jouanique) [info]
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Sunrise and people approaching the western hornito in the caldera (Photo: Yann Jouanique) [info]
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Active hornitos and the moon (Photo: Yann Jouanique) [info]
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Sun rising over ropy pahoehoe lava in the caldera (Photo: Yann Jouanique) [info]
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Close-up of typical ropy pahoehoe lava (Photo: Yann Jouanique) [info]
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Man walking over the lava covering the caldera floor at sunset (Photo: Yann Jouanique) [info]
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Broken lava crust close-up (Photo: Yann Jouanique) [info]
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Fumes escaping from fractures in the young lava field (Photo: Yann Jouanique) [info]
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Road towards the highlands from the Danakil desert near Ahmed Ela settlement (Photo: Yann Jouanique) [info]
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Children from the Afar region (Photo: Yann Jouanique) [info]
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View over the vast hydrothermal fields of Dallol (Photo: Yann Jouanique) [info]
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Bizarre salt structures created by rain dissolution and evaporation processes (Photo: Yann Jouanique… [info]
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Colorful green salt ponds and yellow salt terraces at Dallol (Photo: Yann Jouanique) [info]
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Colorful green salt ponds and cascading yellow salt terraces at Dallol (Photo: Yann Jouanique) [info]
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Eroded salt structures (Photo: Yann Jouanique) [info]
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Massive salt deposits exposed at Dallol (Photo: Yann Jouanique) [info]
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Old rusting machinery left at the Dallol mining site (Photo: Yann Jouanique) [info]
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From one of the caves of Abune Yemata rock-hewn church in the Geralta massiv in Tigray, Ethiopia (Ph… [info]
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Approaching Abune Yemata rock-hewn church is not for the faint-hearted. (Photo: Yann Jouanique) [info]
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Priest in Abune Yemata rock-hewn church in Tigray, Ethiopia (Photo: Yann Jouanique) [info]
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15th century fresco depicting the nine saints inside Abune Yemata rock-hewn church in Tigray, Ethiop… [info]
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Man locking a rock-hewn church door in Lalibela, Ethiopia (Photo: Yann Jouanique) [info]
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People praying in a rock-hewn church in Lalibela, Ethiopia (Photo: Yann Jouanique) [info]
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Woman resting by a rock-hewn church in Lalibela, Ethiopia (Photo: Yann Jouanique) [info]
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Religious patinings for sale in Lalibela, Ethiopia (Photo: Yann Jouanique) [info]
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People chanting during an orthodox ceremony in a rock-hewn church in Lalibela, Ethiopia (Photo: Yann… [info]
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Man standing by Bet Giyorgis (Saint George) rock-hewn church in Lalibela, Ethiopia (Photo: Yann Joua… [info]
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Bet Giyorgis (Saint George) rock-hewn church viewed from below in Lalibela, Ethiopia (Photo: Yann Jo… [info]
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Valley view from Neakuto Leab church in Lalibela, Ethiopia (Photo: Yann Jouanique) [info]
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Outside Neakuto Leab church in Lalibela, Ethiopia (Photo: Yann Jouanique) [info]
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People sorting grain by a church in Lalibela, Ethiopia (Photo: Yann Jouanique) [info]
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Girls walking through a tunnel connecting two rock-hewn churches in Lalibela, Ethiopia (Photo: Yann … [info]
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Devotees waiting outside Neakuto Leab church in Lalibela, Ethiopia (Photo: Yann Jouanique) [info]
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Young woman in the Afar region (Photo: Yann Jouanique) [info]
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Priest showing an illustrated old hand-written bible (Photo: Yann Jouanique) [info]
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