The moon rises over Djibouti's travertine chimneys, created by deposits from hot springs.
Photograph by Carsten Peter
Related Features
-
The Salt and the Earth
In Africa's Afar depression, pastoral tribes and salt traders survive amid a surreal landscape of fissures, faults, and a boiling lake of lava.
-
Shattered Somalia
Mogadishu is ground zero for the failed state of Somalia. Yet to the north, Somaliland is stable and at peace. What happened?
-
Africa's Last Wolves
Why is the Ethiopian wolf the rarest canid on the planet?