The World's Greatest Geological Wonders: 36 Spectacular Sites

Erta Ale - Compact Fury of Lava Lakes

Educational Jun 1, 2020 26 min The Great Courses Signature Collection

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S1 E5: Zoom in on a remarkable feature of the African Rift Valley: the lava lake at Erta Ale in Ethiopia. This seething cauldron of molten rock is the oldest of the world's five active lava lakes, and it replicates on a small scale the complex process of plate tectonics.

Educational Jun 1, 2020 26 min The Great Courses Signature Collection

TV-PG

Information

Released: 2020
Run Time: 26 min
Rated: TV-PG

Languages

Audio: English (AAC), English (United States)
Subtitles: English (CC)

Accessibility

: Closed captions (CC) refer to subtitles in the available language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.