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salt caravan - Danakil, Ethiopia

In ancient times salt was used as currency throughout Ethiopia. It remains the main source of income for the northern Afar. Camels are used as beasts of burden. They can handle two weeks without water and are able to loose thirty percent of their body weight in moisture.

 

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Uploaded on December 18, 2011
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