09 Lion Adventure
“It was about as wide, but not so deep.
The Great Rift,’ Hal said. ‘Believed to be the longest canyon in the world. It stretches all the way from the Zambesi River up through Central Africa and North Africa, on up the Red Sea and ends at the Dead Sea - a total length equal to one quarter of the earth’s circumference.’ ‘What made it?’ ‘Volcanic fires beneath. Most of Africa’s volcanoes rise from its sides. Earthquakes keep shaking it. It has a devilish way of shaking cities to bits or sending the...m up in flames. You remember the Bible story of Sodom and Gomorrah - two cities at the south end of the Dead Sea that were destroyed by earthquake and fire, and people who escaped were told not to look back or they would be turned into pillars of salt. That story may be based on the fact that there really are pillars of salt in that region - and the whole gorge is pretty salty. Of course the Dead Sea is so salty you can’t sink in it. And there’s a row of salt lakes all along the bottom of the canyon through this part of Africa.MoreLess
The Great Rift,’ Hal said. ‘Believed to be the longest canyon in the world. It stretches all the way from the Zambesi River up through Central Africa and North Africa, on up the Red Sea and ends at the Dead Sea - a total length equal to one quarter of the earth’s circumference.’ ‘What made it?’ ‘Volcanic fires beneath. Most of Africa’s volcanoes rise from its sides. Earthquakes keep shaking it. It has a devilish way of shaking cities to bits or sending the...m up in flames. You remember the Bible story of Sodom and Gomorrah - two cities at the south end of the Dead Sea that were destroyed by earthquake and fire, and people who escaped were told not to look back or they would be turned into pillars of salt. That story may be based on the fact that there really are pillars of salt in that region - and the whole gorge is pretty salty. Of course the Dead Sea is so salty you can’t sink in it. And there’s a row of salt lakes all along the bottom of the canyon through this part of Africa.MoreLess
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