Are you ready to visit one of the hottest places on Earth? Here, the broiling sun blazes down every day of the year. Water is hard to find. Burning acid gurgles up from the ground in green-and-yellow pools.
This is Dallol (dah-LOHL), in Ethiopia (ee-thee-OH-pee-uh). Ethiopia is a country in Africa. It’s very difficult to live in Dallol. It can get as hot as 125 degrees Fahrenheit (°F). For most of us, an 85°F day is a hot day.
Dallol has no stores. No schools. No doctors. No farmland. No roads, either. To get to the nearest town, you’d have to ride a camel for three days! So nobody lives in Dallol. Many boys and men travel to Dallol from the closest villages to work. They dig huge chunks of salt from salt mines. They sell the salt to get money for clothes and other things they need. Everybody works long days under the burning sun. When their work is done, they travel by camel back to their villages. These tough workers stick together. There aren’t a lot of people around, so they depend on each other.
Some scientists say that in millions of years, the heat will cause Dallol to break away from Africa.
But for now, the workers of Dallol get by, even in this rough environment (en-VYE-ruhn-ment). Somehow, they’re able to get work done in this super-hot spot!
Are you ready to visit one of the hottest places on Earth? Here, the hot sun beats down yearround. Water is hard to find. Acid boils up from the ground.
This is Dallol (dah-LOHL), in Ethiopia (ee-thee-OH-pee-uh). Ethiopia is a country in Africa. It’s hard to live in Dallol. It can get as hot as 125 degrees Fahrenheit (°F). For most of us, an 85°F day is a hot day.
Dallol has no stores. No schools. No doctors. No farms. No roads, either. To reach the nearest town, you’d have to ride a camel for three days! So no one lives in Dallol. Boys and men travel here from the closest villages. Why? This is where they work. They dig huge chunks of salt from salt mines. They sell the salt to get money for clothes and other things they need. They work long days in the heat. When their work is done, they ride camels home. These tough workers stick together. They are far from home. So they count on each other.
Some experts say that in millions of years, the heat will cause Dallol to break away from Africa.
But for now, the workers get by in this rough environment. Their work is hard. But they get it done!