1995 Photo Contest, Science & Technology, 3rd prize
Photographer

Philippe Bourseiller & Jacque Durieux

01 January, 1994

The excessively high temperatures make the work exhausting and hazardous. A system of perches enables the scientists to descend into the crater. The first scientific expedition studying the crater lake of molten lava in 20 years, because the area had been inaccessible during the rebellion in Eritrea.

About the photographer

Philippe Bourseiller & Jacque Durieux

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