This time, my brother is watching a documentary about the Danakil desert in Africa. A man wearing a jungle outfit narrates, "This depression found in the
northern Ethiopia is the hottest and lowest surface of the Earth." The TV is showing us men loading lots of huge, white blocks to their camels. "What's that they're digging?" I asked.
"Salt," mumbled Dwayne. Ever the nerd, my brother launched to a sleep-inducing explanation that Danakil, a vast, hot area is also a landscape full of salt. For the people who live there, salt mining is their main source of income. Temperatures in the place can reach as high as 50° C. Volcanic cones and deep cracks in the earth are common sights in the place. Instead of rain, hundreds of small earthquakes attack the place every year.
