Pillars of the world Photo

Photographer’s Note

Dallol
At the time of our visit of Dallol, with the blue lake and its yellow fountains , that I showed you a few times ago, we found by traversing the neighbourhoods, small ponds filled with a brownish liquid. These ponds have the less eroded sides of the ground, which makes it possible to see the structure of the ground. For some, there are these posts which seem to support the ground that us fullers. These posts make from 20 to 40 cm in height. It is like stalagmites and stalactites which would have met after having grown too much. They formed at their joints, a ball. It is really spectacular to see.

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phwall (5562) 2008-09-16 14:40

Hi Jacques,
Quite an amazing shot. Nature is the most remarkable thing to witness.
The colour of these formations suggest some type of mineral in the water.
Good shot, very informative note.
Regards
Peter

drifterman (129) 2008-09-16 15:18

Jacques, very interesting image and note. Would be interested to see closer view. I'd agree with Phwall that minerals in the water have caused these formations, there also appear to be crystal structures under the surface. thanks for posting
regards, Martin

BWJ (1773) 2008-09-16 18:12

Hello Jacques,
This is an amazing picture with beautiful clarity, sharp details, and warm rich saturated color. Your note is interesting and informative. I like the title “Pillars of the world.”
Warm wishes,
Betty

alainh (35367) 2008-09-16 21:58

bonjour Jacques
tu es sur un autre continent, mais aussi sur une autre planete. merci pour ces belles et etonnantes images.
amicalement
alain

HimalAnda (1056) 2008-09-16 23:16

Bonjour Jacques,

Cette photo, d'une parfaite netteté, nous présente une curiosité de la nature plutôt étonnante. Les couleurs sont bien rendues et le petit reflet dans la mare judicieux.

Stéphane

Philippe (11773) 2008-09-17 1:14

Bonjour, Jacques. Etonnantes formations. On aurait presque peur de marcher à la surface tant la solidité semble précaire. La teinte brune donne une bonne unité à l'image et la petite mare accueille de bons reflets.
Bonne journée,
Philippe

baclama (4615) 2008-09-17 1:28

bonjour,
une belle leçon de geologie avec cette photo parfaite qui fait penser à un cours de patisserie (formation de caramel sur piece-montée?), excellent reflet egalement...
ce pays est decidement tres varié, tres surprenant....extraordinaire!!
merci
vero

bebbetto (3009) 2008-11-02 9:57

Hi Jacques.
Jumping inside TE I found some of your beautiful pictures. This one is really impressive. The stala's look like brown sugar columns.
I also appreciate very much the shots dedicated to vulcanos and panoramas. I included a link to your website in My Website. Hope you appreciate.
Ciao

Didi (36084) 2009-04-26 8:03

Salut le revenant
Ce n'est point du caramel tout de même, mais c'est une merveilleuse manifestation de la nature.
Ne serait-ce pas du souffre par hasard ?
Amitiés

jrj (34779) 2009-06-05 7:23

Interesting photo in a fine TE spirit Jaques with the informative note. Interesting place, well captured details. Most interesting