Atlas Obscura on Slate is a new travel blog. Like us on Facebook, Tumblr, or follow us on Twitter @atlasobscura. Located in the Danakil Depression (or Afar Depression) in the Afar Region of ...

There hasn't been a lot of coverage in the news, but Ethiopia's Erta'Ale has started issuing new lava flows over the last week. I got a note from an Eruptions reader who is near the volcano that ...

We all know that active volcanoes are dangerous, so it is doubly saddening to read that humans are making them more dangerous. News out of Ethiopia has 5 tourists visiting Erta'Ale - German, Hungarian ...

This is the incredible moment a tourist climbed the 2,011ft Erta Ale volcano in Afar Region, Ethiopia on April 29. The tourist gets a spectacular view of the volcano's interior when the magma receded ...

I have to admit, I was sad to lose Kyatchi, the Japanese restaurant that opened a second location in Lowertown St. Paul in 2017, only to close after the pandemic. Saying goodbye seems to be a common ...

Artificial intelligence can help satellites and other spacecraft observe interesting phenomena before humans even spot them. Case in point: NASA's Earth Observing 1 (EO-1) spacecraft started capturing ...

There hasn't been a lot of coverage in the news, but Ethiopia's Erta'Ale has started issuing new lava flows over the last week. I got a note from an Eruptions reader who is near the volcano that ...