Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, Canon 24-105 mm
Assal lake is located in the Little and very poor African state of Djibouti. This is the most salt lake in the World. And it's also the hottest point of Africa. The chemical composition of the lake is unique and, in terms of its healing properties, surpasses the famous Dead Sea salt. In 2010, when I was in Djibouti for the first time and took this photo, the lake looked like this. Now everything is completely different and will never look like this again. A few years ago, the President of Djibouti gave all the rights to extract salt from the lake to one very large Asian country. Local people say that the president received an astronomical sum of $ 30,000 for this contract ...
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That was little confusing at first as it looked like snow:)..... Thank you for your entry.