Ukwethulwa kwe-Erta Ale Volcano
Uma uthola ulwazi lwamuva lokuhamba-futhi, ikakhulukazi, ulwazi lokuhamba olwedlulele-mhlawumbe uzwile ngeTurkmenistan "Door to Hell" (eyaziwa nangokuthi "Isango Esihogweni"), i-gassy inferno lokho sekuvutha uma nje izindaba zezindawo zokuphumula zokugcina zomlilo zababi ziye zahlasela umhlaba. Le ndawo ihamba phambili, ngokungangabazeki, kodwa akudingi nje ukuvakasha okubizayo lapho ifika eTurkmenistan, kodwa uhambo olubi kakhulu lapho uqala khona, nazo zonke izinkomba zobusuku ezihambayo eziza nge-Asia Ephakathi.
Kulabo abangewona abahambi, i-Ethiopia cishe kubonakala kunzima ukuvakashela njengoTurkmenistan, nakuba ngikuchazile lapha, izingxenye zayo empeleni zilula kakhulu. Ngokuqinisekile, udinga ukuvakasha okuhleliwe ukuvakashela i-Erta Ale Volcano, impendulo yaseTopiya ku-inferno yaseTurkmenistan ye-gassy, nakuba izindleko nezinhloko ezihlotshaniswa nokwenza kanjalo zingaphansi kakhulu kunalokho obhekene nazo e-Asia Ephakathi. Qhubeka esigabeni sokugcina salesi sihloko uma unesithakazelo ekuhambeni ku-Erta Ale, futhi ngizokuqeda!
Nonke nonke, sicela ujabulele izithombe ezinhle kanye nezindaba engizozitshela.
U-Erta Ale: Indaba
Eqinisweni, indaba ka-Erta Ale-njengabahlali bayitshela, noma kunjalo-akuyona into ehlaba umxhwele, okungenani hhayi ekuqaleni. Inkulumo ethi "Erta Ale," niyabona, isho ukuthi "Intaba Yokubhema," i-moniker engenacala kakhulu engabhalwa kunoma yikuphi ukuqhuma kwentaba emhlabeni.
Nakuba amanye amawebhusayithi abika ukuthi abantu base-Afar (okuvela olimini lwabo ukuhumusha ku-"Intaba Yokubhema" kutholakala) yibo abafika ne "Door to Hell" namagama athi "Gateway to Hell", kubonakala sengathi akunakwenzeka ukuqinisekisa lokhu kusetshenziswa umthombo wanoma yikuphi ukuhlonipha.
Ngempela, kungase kubonakale sengathi umuntu ongenamacala, noma omunye ososayensi owathola lo mlilo ngo-1906 noma omunye wabachwepheshe bezokuvakasha osuke wazama ukuthengisa izinkambo lapha, wanquma ukuthi kungaba yindlela yokumaketha okuhle, noma cha babesazi ngo-Erta Ale udadewabo wesihogo (okuyinto empeleni hhayi volcano nhlobo) lapho bakhetha it.
I-Erta Ale: I-Science
Futhi nokho ngenkathi intaba-mlilo iningi emhlabeni ibhema izintaba, iqiniso liwukuthi u-Erta Ale uhlukile. Isici esibangela ukukholelwa komnyango wesihogo, niyabo, sibizwa ngokuthi nge-colloquially ngokuthi "ichibi eliqhubekayo lava," futhi sitholakala kwezinye izintaba ezine eziqhuma ezintabeni emhlabeni: U-Ambrym, esizweni esiyisiqhingi saseVanuatu; I-Mount Erebus, e-Ross Island e-Antarctica; I-Kilauea esiqhingini esikhulu saseHawaii; kanye neNyiragongo eDemocratic Republic of the Congo.
(Eqinisweni, uma sifuna ukuthola ubuchwepheshe, i-Erta Ale inamachibi amabili e-lava, kodwa ngenxa yokukhohliswa kokuhambela umhlangano wayo, izinkambo zokuvakasha ngokuvamile zivakashela omunye wabo.)
Enye into ethakazelisayo nge-Erta Ale yukuthi yi-volcano e-Ethiopia esebenza kakhulu, eqondakalayo uma uhamba ezweni, elifaka ezinye zezintaba ezindala kunazo zonke e-Afrika-I-Semiens. Uma kuthiwa lokhu, akunakwenzeka ukuthi ukuqhuma kwesilinganiso esilimazayo kuzoke kwenzeke, ngokuqinisekile ukuthi kuzokwenzeka ngezivakashi phezulu. Ukuqhuma okukhulu kokugcina kuka-Erta Ale kwaba ngo-2005, ngesikhathi lapho imfuyo kuphela ehlushwa ukufutheka kwayo.
Indlela Yokuvakashela U-Erta Ale
I-Erta Ale itholakala ekucindezelekeni kwe-Danakil yase-Ethiopia, ephansi kakhulu (ngikhuluma "ngezansi kwezinga lolwandle" eliphansi!) Ingxenye yezwe elisekhoneni lasenyakatho-mpumalanga.
Akukona ukuphakama okuphansi kukaDanakil, kodwa kungakanani okuphansi kunezwe lonke, elihlala epulazini elingamamitha angu-2 000 noma ngaphezulu, okwenza isifunda namazwe ayo kubonakale engavamile kakhulu.
Ngikhuphula ukucindezeleka okukhulu kweDanakil, ngoba ngaphandle kokuthi ubhale uhambo oluyimfihlo ngokuphelele (ukuhumusha kuya ku-Amharic: $$$$$$), kuzodingeka ubone i-Erta Ale njengengxenye yokuvakashela ukucindezeleka konke, futhi ngokuvamile ukuphela kwalo. Ezinye izindawo kulolu hambo zihlanganisa amasimu esibabule eDallol , enye yezindawo ezishisa kakhulu emhlabeni, kanye namaflethi amancane usawoti nezinye izinto ezikhangayo. Izindleko ziyahlukahluka futhi zingahle zikhishwe-kodwa ngokuvamile zigijima azungeze u-600 USD ohambo lwezinsuku ezine.
(QAPHELA: Uma lezi zindleko zibonakala ziphakeme, khumbula ukuthi zihlanganisa ukugijimela ezempi, okubalulekile ukubonga kuhulumeni wobumbusi wase-Eritrea ezweni lokuvakasha e-Eritrea emuva kowezi-2012.
Nakuba amalungu ezempi ahamba nawe engaphansi kokukholisa ekuqhakeni kwabo-agqoka izimbadada ze-jelly, ngoba-kukhona okungcono kunokufa okunye ezandleni zama-terrorist e-Eritrea.)
Uma usufika ku-Erta Ale (okuphinde, kufanele futhi kwenzeke ngosuku lwesithathu lohambo lwakho lwezinsuku ezine), uzothatha amahora amathathu, amahora-amnyama ukufika phezulu kwe-volcano, lapho uzodla isidlo sakusihlwa futhi bamise. Uzochitha cishe ihora emnyango wangempela esihogweni (futhi ngisho emnyango wokuya esihogweni, oseduze kunalokho ongavunyelwa ezweni noma yiluphi uhlobo lwemithetho yokuphepha) ngaphambi kokulala, uzovuka ihora ngaphambi kokuntwela kokusa ukukhanya kwelanga phezu komgodi ovuthayo, ngaphambi kokuhamba phansi bese ubuyela emuva eMekele, idolobha eliseduze.
Kungenzeka ukuthi uvakashele u-Erta Ale unyaka wonke, nakuba ukuhamba okujwayelekile enyakatho ye-Ethiopia kunzima phakathi kukaJuni noSeptemba, okungukuthi isikhathi sezulu. Nakuba imvula ingawa ngokuncane kakhulu ekucindezelekeni kweDanakil ukubeka phambili izinhlelo zokuhamba, ubunzima bakho ngezikhathi ezithile zonyaka kuzobe sekufika kuMekele ngokwayo.