10 Places on Earth That Look Like Alien Planets

You don't need a rocket ship to visit another world. Right here on planet Earth, there are bizarre landscapes that defy expectations.
The Conversation

Ethiopia’s inhospitable Danakil Depression gives us clues about life on Mars

Professor in Geobiology and Astrobiology at the Biological, Geological, and Environmental Sciences-BiGeA of the University of Bologna, Italy, and visiting lecturer at University of Johannesburg, South ...
IFLScience

The Alien Terrain Of The Danakil Depression

Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment. Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the ...
Wired

Unreal Views of the Trippy Colors in Ethiopia's Danakil Desert

A few months back, German photographer Ulrike Crespo was climbing a small hill in the Afar Triangle of northern Ethiopia when the colors suddenly changed. The dusty browns and grays of the desert gave ...
JSTOR Daily

Evolution of the Danakil Depression (Afar, Ethiopia) in Light of Radiometric Age Determinations

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Fourteen new K/Ar and fission-track ages obtained on volcanic rocks from the Danakil depression are presented. Together with previous data, ...