article_snippet.sent: The bright yellow of the sulphur mixes with the white salt for this bizarre effect.
article_snippet.sent: For centuries Ethiopians have made the long trek to the Danakil Depression - one of the hottest and harshest environments in the world - to collect salt from the sun-blasted earth before transporting the slabs back by camel.
article_snippet.sent: The sulphur mixing with salt produces some fantastic reactions across this Ethiopian landscape .
article_snippet.sent: Life is harsh for the thousands of camel herders and salt extractors who use traditional hoes and axes to carve the 'white gold' out of the ground in the Danakil Depression.
article_snippet.sent: Many of the salt diggers live in Hamad-Ile and hire out the salt diggers services to different caravans.
article_snippet.sent: The work, however exhausting, still draws thousands onto the baking salt flats.