A splash of yellow, green and blue, with reddish-brown rocks, the pictures of Ethiopia's Dallol indeed excite travellers to know more about this land. To our dismay, this place is not accessible to any traveller.
The hottest place on Earth, Dallol, has daily temperatures hovering around 46 degree Celsius. The place is also known as Earth’s most volcanic regions and was abandoned long back. While the temperature is enough to prove it a 'gateway to hell', the area is also rattled by frequent earthquakes and exposure to the molten core.
While the chances of survival seemed bleak until now, researchers have finally revealed that the Dallol cannot support life, which also makes it the only place on Earth where life cannot exist.
The hot, saline, hyper-acid ponds do not support any life form, not even microbial life, as confirmed by a team of researchers.
While this revelation is itself very surprising, it also suggests that the presence of liquid water does not necessarily imply that a place has or can support life. In that case, researchers conducting probes on other planets might have to change their ways, taking the recent revelation into account.
The research was done using a number of elaborate, intensive techniques. Various chemical tests were conducted on the samples collected to form the study.
No wonder, Dallol is counted among one of the cruellest places on Earth. The town is even known as ‘Gateway to Hell’.
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