Tanzania part 1 : Ol Doinyo Lengai expedition,
June 27 - July 6, 2004
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Gallery 1 Travel to Ol Doinyo Lengai |
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Gallery 7 Wildlife around Lengai | ||
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Gallery 2 Lake Natron & Ol Doinyo Lengai |
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Gallery 8 Close up | ||
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Gallery 3 Ascent, crater map and camp |
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Gallery 9 Lava lake adventure | ||
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Gallery 4 Active north crater |
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Gallery 10 People on Lengai | ||
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Gallery 5 Eruptions by day |
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Slide show | ||
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Gallery 6 Eruptions by night |
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Links to other Lengai websites |
9 Our T56B Lava Lake Adventure
T56B is a cone that is partly collapsed, showing its interiour. Through a small hole a massive lava lake was visible if you were almost inside the crater. You could feel heat radiation and vibrations from big gas bubbles coming to the surface. But there was a little risk involved observing all this; this cone T56B is very unstable so big chunks were falling off the roof, and the platform we all stood on was suddenly gone with a big noise, only 40 minutes after Ge Beijers left this platform......
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