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The Afar Triangle

A new ocean seems to be in the making where three great rift systems intersect near the junction of the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden. The violence of the process has created a nightmarish desert landscape

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Scientific American Magazine Vol 222 Issue 2This article was originally published with the title “The Afar Triangle” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 222 No. 2 (), p. 32
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0270-32