{"id":279267,"date":"2019-06-18T10:03:45","date_gmt":"2019-06-18T14:03:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.google.com\/articles\/CBMiQ2h0dHBzOi8vd3d3LmF0bGFzb2JzY3VyYS5jb20vYXJ0aWNsZXMvZGFsbG9sLWFzLW1hcnMtYW5hbG9nLXRvdXJpc23SAUdodHRwczovL3d3dy5hdGxhc29ic2N1cmEuY29tL2FydGljbGVzL2RhbGxvbC1hcy1tYXJzLWFuYWxvZy10b3VyaXNtLmFtcA?oc=5"},"modified":"2026-10-01T11:16:29","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T15:16:29","slug":"atlas-obscura-said-dallols-extreme-volcanic-landscape-drew-mars-scientists-and-tourists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/279267","title":{"rendered":"Atlas Obscura said Dallol\u2019s extreme volcanic landscape drew Mars scientists and tourists"},"content":{"rendered":"

On 18 June 2019 Atlas Obscura\u2019s Kelly Oakes described the Dallol volcano area in Ethiopia\u2019s Danakil Depression as a land of toxic chlorine and sulfur vapors, iron-rich salt \u201cmushrooms,\u201d and near-boiling springs that explorers once called a land of death.<\/p>\n\"Atlas\n

Scientists visit the site as a Mars analog to study extremophile life and planetary geology, while tourism pressure raised questions about protecting a fragile landscape that can teach researchers what to seek on other worlds.<\/p>\n

Kept as science and tourism archive, the Atlas Obscura feature dates mid-2019 interest in Dallol as both research ground and visitor draw.<\/p>\n

Sources:<\/strong> Atlas Obscura<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ethiopia\u2019s Strange Volcanic Landscapes Are Irresistible to Scientists (and Tourists)  Atlas ObscuraThe area around the Dallol volcano in Ethiopia is like nowhere else on Earth. Toxic chlorine and sulfur vapors clog the air and giant \u201cmushroom…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":353196,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-279267","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ethiopian-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Tourism-Ethiopia-702103-1714-54-07.jpg?fit=788%2C538&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9NivD-1aEj","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279267","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=279267"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279267\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":755266,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279267\/revisions\/755266"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/353196"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=279267"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=279267"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=279267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}