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Lake Assal

An aerial photo of Lake Assal (the lowest point on land in the African continent, and the third largest salt water body in the world), where a salt island was formed, inside the lake's as a result of salt accumulations due to the high evaporation of the lake's water, where its salinity exceeds 10 times the seawater.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 10.2019
Date Uploaded: 10.2020
Photo Location: Djibouti, Djibouti
Copyright: © AbdulelaH Alotaif