My only real context is Rift Valley Fever--a horrific viral disease spread by animals and ticks that causes a hemorrhagic fever and was first discovered there but seen elsewhere since.

Nice to see a photo of the actual region with its tribal people--sans any disease contexts.

anthropology digs.

all along the East coast of Africa and stop at certain anthropology sites where you would be lectured to by a professor. I so wanted to do that. Support local communities too. They don't do that anymore.

Looks like the edge of the world....if there was such a thing, this would be it.

Loved that movie.

The Great Rift Valley. The Danakil Depression. Particularly the Erta Ale lava lake. Afar is a damn dangerous place though. Mores the pity since I'd love to see it. A picture of what eastern North America and west Africa looked like as they began to part ways 200 million years ago.

but because the Great Rift Valley is the source of the most important ancient human fossils.