Elias Lewi of
the Geophysical Observatory (now Institute of Geophysics) at the Univ. of
Addis Ababa who graciously loaned us the gravity meter batteries |
Cinder Cones within the main Ethiopian Rift |
Fantale Volcano
and recent lava flows near Metahara in the main rift |
Mohamed
explaining the local geology of the Afar during our first day in the
field |
Examining the interior of a cinder
cone in the Afar |
Pahoehoe lava at
the cinder cone |
More Pahoehoe
flows |
The lava flows
commonly had these blister structures due to interactions with groundwater
in the lake sediments |
The group at the
cinder cone |
Flow structures
within the rhyolite along the northern border of the Tendaho Graben |
Close up of the
rhyolite flows |
Border faults of
the Tendaho Graben near Serdo |
Our three trucks
during the field trip |
Monkeys at the
cinder cone |
More Monkeys!! |