The Afar Triangle. Africa
Encompassing the regions of Ethiopia, Djibouti and Eritrea, the Afar Triangle is where the Earth opens up to show the terrifying contents of its deep belly. As one of the most unstable areas on the planet, the Triangle has huge, gaping cracks that seem to open spontaneously while spitting out blasts of superheated air (around 750 degrees Fahrenheit). The sound of bubbling magma can be heard from the depths of some cracks, and plumes of sulfurous gas erupt from others. The area is famous for being the home of the Afar people, a proud and noble tribe, and a cradle of extinct hominids rich in bones and fragments. So unless you’re an anthropologist or an archaeologist, you might want to avoid the area.
