The Great Mosque of Djenne in Mali
The Great Mosque of Djenne in Mali is the largest building in the world in adobe mud (land called "mud"). The city of Djenne is located in the alluvial plain of the Bani tributary of the Niger.
The first mosque was built in the thirteenth century this place, but the current building only dates from around 1907.
One of the most striking symbols of sub-Saharan Africa, the city of Djenne itself is listed since 1988 on the World Heritage List of UNESCO.
There is a republic this Mosque in France, the Missiri mosque Fréjus (Var).
The Deadvlei and Sosussvlei Namibia
The Deadvlei ("dead valley") is a white clay pan located at the foot of the sand dunes of Sossusvlei in the Namib Desert, Namibia.
Dead Vlei is surrounded by the world's highest sand dunes, the highest of which is 350 meters on average. This amazing site, photographers paradise, is the result of floods that have allowed the desert acacias growing. Years later, the dunes surrounding the area and blocked the flow of water. The trunks of the extremely dry dead trees are estimated to be about 900 years old, burnt trunks of black ebony color, contrast with the bright orange of the dunes, the immaculate white of the Salar and azure overlooking the desert .. .
Lake Retba in Senegal
Lake Retba, often called the Pink Lake, is one of the most visited of the peninsula of Cape Verde in Senegal sites. Bathing is safe but the water is extremely salty you float.
Grand Lagoon 3 km ² shallow surrounded by dunes, it is located a few hundred meters from the Atlantic Ocean, 35 miles northeast of Dakar. The pink and purple color is due to the presence of a microorganism which develops a red pigment to withstand the salt concentration.
Day and night, the lake is exploited for its salt: Hundreds of people are involved in its extraction (there are more than 300 grams per liter in !!!).
Lake Natron in Tanzania
Lake Natron is a salt lake of tectonic origin in the north of Tanzania. It takes its name from trona, a mineral dissolves in large quantities in its waters. This is one of the largest salt lakes in the valley of the Great Rif t. Volcanoes, canyons, plains and areas of salt water are the magnificent scenery of the lake.
Very shallow, its water supplies are due as precipitation that falls directly into the lake or feed some rivers flowing into it. Thus, its size, its depth and volume vary greatly between the rainy season and the dry season, the lake can cross the border with Kenya in the north when it reaches its maximum size. Formerly filled with abundant fresh water, this lake has evaporated over the millennia until no longer than 3 m deep today.
The lake acts as a huge natural saline. When the rains stop to feed and temperatures rise to 50 ° C, then form scabs whitish colored pink-red by aquatic microorganisms.
Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe and Zambia
The Victoria Falls (Mosi-oa or-Tunya: The Smoke that Thunders) is one of the most impressive waterfalls in the world. Located on the Zambezi River on the border of Zambia and Zimbabwe are the monumental waterfalls flow into a long break of more than 1700m long and 100m wide, and escape in a narrow canyon.
Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe and Zambia
The Victoria Falls can be visited from the Zimbabwe to see the drop side or from Zambia for the waterfront.
If the water level varies depending on the year and the seasons, mist and light offer wonderful surprises and an impressive show at any time of year.
The Great Mosque of Djenne in Mali is the largest building in the world in adobe mud (land called "mud"). The city of Djenne is located in the alluvial plain of the Bani tributary of the Niger.
The first mosque was built in the thirteenth century this place, but the current building only dates from around 1907.
One of the most striking symbols of sub-Saharan Africa, the city of Djenne itself is listed since 1988 on the World Heritage List of UNESCO.
There is a republic this Mosque in France, the Missiri mosque Fréjus (Var).
The Deadvlei and Sosussvlei Namibia
The Deadvlei ("dead valley") is a white clay pan located at the foot of the sand dunes of Sossusvlei in the Namib Desert, Namibia.
Dead Vlei is surrounded by the world's highest sand dunes, the highest of which is 350 meters on average. This amazing site, photographers paradise, is the result of floods that have allowed the desert acacias growing. Years later, the dunes surrounding the area and blocked the flow of water. The trunks of the extremely dry dead trees are estimated to be about 900 years old, burnt trunks of black ebony color, contrast with the bright orange of the dunes, the immaculate white of the Salar and azure overlooking the desert .. .
Lake Retba in Senegal
Lake Retba, often called the Pink Lake, is one of the most visited of the peninsula of Cape Verde in Senegal sites. Bathing is safe but the water is extremely salty you float.
Grand Lagoon 3 km ² shallow surrounded by dunes, it is located a few hundred meters from the Atlantic Ocean, 35 miles northeast of Dakar. The pink and purple color is due to the presence of a microorganism which develops a red pigment to withstand the salt concentration.
Day and night, the lake is exploited for its salt: Hundreds of people are involved in its extraction (there are more than 300 grams per liter in !!!).
Lake Natron in Tanzania
Lake Natron is a salt lake of tectonic origin in the north of Tanzania. It takes its name from trona, a mineral dissolves in large quantities in its waters. This is one of the largest salt lakes in the valley of the Great Rif t. Volcanoes, canyons, plains and areas of salt water are the magnificent scenery of the lake.
Very shallow, its water supplies are due as precipitation that falls directly into the lake or feed some rivers flowing into it. Thus, its size, its depth and volume vary greatly between the rainy season and the dry season, the lake can cross the border with Kenya in the north when it reaches its maximum size. Formerly filled with abundant fresh water, this lake has evaporated over the millennia until no longer than 3 m deep today.
The lake acts as a huge natural saline. When the rains stop to feed and temperatures rise to 50 ° C, then form scabs whitish colored pink-red by aquatic microorganisms.
Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe and Zambia
The Victoria Falls (Mosi-oa or-Tunya: The Smoke that Thunders) is one of the most impressive waterfalls in the world. Located on the Zambezi River on the border of Zambia and Zimbabwe are the monumental waterfalls flow into a long break of more than 1700m long and 100m wide, and escape in a narrow canyon.
Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe and Zambia
The Victoria Falls can be visited from the Zimbabwe to see the drop side or from Zambia for the waterfront.
If the water level varies depending on the year and the seasons, mist and light offer wonderful surprises and an impressive show at any time of year.
