It was a searing 43℃ in the shade, but Dawit, myyoung Ethiopian guide, told me that I was lucky, astemperatures here in the Danakil can top 50℃.

在樹蔭下，灼熱的溫度高達43攝氏度，但是我年輕的埃塞俄比亞向導達維特告訴我我很幸運，因為達納基爾這里的溫度可以高達50攝氏度。

One of the more remote spots on the planet,northeastern Ethiopia's Danakil Depression holds thetitle as the hottest inhabited place on Earth, with anaverage year round temperature of 34℃, and, asDawit informed me, is more commonly known as"The Gateway to Hell".

作為地球上最遠的地方之一，位于埃塞爾比亞東北部的達納基爾凹地正如標題所說，是世界上最熱的居住地。就如Dawit告訴我的，這里每年平均氣溫34攝氏度，俗稱"地獄之門"。

You'd think that the harsh landscape would leave it devoid of visitors, let alone humanhabitation, but this is the surprising home of a disappearing cultural tradition: the camelcaravans that carry salt through the brutal desert, led by the nomadic Afar tribe.

你可能會認為，很少會有游客光顧這粗糙的地貌，更不用說居住人類了，但是，這是一種正在消失的文化傳統的驚人之鄉：遠處的游牧部落，帶領著駝鹽的駱駝商隊穿過荒蠻的沙漠。

The Danakil Depression, formed by the collision of several tectonic plates on the Ethiopian,Eritrean and Djibouti border, is not only a sizzling cauldron but also a place of stunninggeological wonders.

達納基爾凹地是由位于埃塞俄比亞、吉布提和厄立特里亞的幾個地質板塊碰撞形成的，它不僅僅是一個極熱的蒸鍋，也是一個充滿驚人地理奇觀的地方。

The majority of travellers who come here do so to visit Erta Ale, a 600m-high and highly activevolcano that contains the largest living lava lake in the world.

來這里的大部分游客都會游覽爾塔阿雷火山，這座600米高的火山相當活躍，擁有世界上最大的活體溶巖湖。

The volcanic lunar landscape resembles a surrealist painting, with sulphurous hot springs,lava beds, hypothermal pools, and a mix of sulphates, iron oxides and salt deposits allcombining to create a hallucinogenic palette of otherworldly formations and colours.

火山月球景觀就像一幅超現實繪畫，擁有硫磺溫泉，巖溶床，低溫地和硫酸鹽，鐵氧氧化物以及鹽混合的沉積物，所有這些混合創造出一個超凡脫俗的調色板。

The tribal Afar people have inhabited this arid moonscape for centuries, eking out a living byextracting salt from the mineral-laden lakes that dot the Danakil and transporting it across thedesert by camel caravans.

數百年來，游牧部落的人生活在這個干旱的月球表面上，通過從點綴在達納基爾其間的富含礦物質的湖中提取鹽并且用駱駝商隊帶出沙漠勉強為生。

Similar to the Kurds, they inhabit an area spanning several countries, yet have no politicalrights or borders they can call their own.

如同庫爾德人一樣，他們跨越數個世紀生活在這片區域上，卻沒有政治權利或者稱之為自己的邊境。

Although these traditional nomadic herders are pastoralists, they are notorious for beingfierce, proud, independent, and not exactly hospitable – perhaps mirroring the unforgivingterrain that surrounds them.

盡管這些傳統的游牧牧民是愛國主義者，他們卻因為兇殘，自傲，獨立以及并不友好而臭名昭著，也許這也映照出環繞著他們的嚴峻的地形。

Dawit navigated us via a four-wheel drive jeep to Lake Assal in the east of the DanakilDepression, where a team of Afar were just finishing loading their camels.

Dawit開著四輪驅動的吉普車帶我們到了達納基爾凹地東部的阿薩勒湖，在這兒，一隊商人剛剛給駱駝卸完貨。

The salt trade here is taxing, with workers using basic picks and axes to chop and cut thebricks of salt while standing out in the extreme heat for just 150 Ethiopian birr per day.

這里的鹽類貿易正在征稅，工人使用基本的鎬和斧頭切鹽塊。而在烈日下站立一天的他們，每天只有150埃塞俄比亞比爾的收入。

It was a searing 43℃ in the shade, but Dawit, myyoung Ethiopian guide, told me that I was lucky, astemperatures here in the Danakil can top 50℃.

在樹蔭下，灼熱的溫度高達43攝氏度，但是我年輕的埃塞俄比亞向導達維特告訴我我很幸運，因為達納基爾這里的溫度可以高達50攝氏度。

One of the more remote spots on the planet,northeastern Ethiopia's Danakil Depression holds thetitle as the hottest inhabited place on Earth, with anaverage year round temperature of 34℃, and, asDawit informed me, is more commonly known as"The Gateway to Hell".

作為地球上最遠的地方之一，位于埃塞爾比亞東北部的達納基爾凹地正如標題所說，是世界上最熱的居住地。就如Dawit告訴我的，這里每年平均氣溫34攝氏度，俗稱"地獄之門"。

You'd think that the harsh landscape would leave it devoid of visitors, let alone humanhabitation, but this is the surprising home of a disappearing cultural tradition: the camelcaravans that carry salt through the brutal desert, led by the nomadic Afar tribe.

你可能會認為，很少會有游客光顧這粗糙的地貌，更不用說居住人類了，但是，這是一種正在消失的文化傳統的驚人之鄉：遠處的游牧部落，帶領著駝鹽的駱駝商隊穿過荒蠻的沙漠。

The Danakil Depression, formed by the collision of several tectonic plates on the Ethiopian,Eritrean and Djibouti border, is not only a sizzling cauldron but also a place of stunninggeological wonders.

達納基爾凹地是由位于埃塞俄比亞、吉布提和厄立特里亞的幾個地質板塊碰撞形成的，它不僅僅是一個極熱的蒸鍋，也是一個充滿驚人地理奇觀的地方。

The majority of travellers who come here do so to visit Erta Ale, a 600m-high and highly activevolcano that contains the largest living lava lake in the world.

來這里的大部分游客都會游覽爾塔阿雷火山，這座600米高的火山相當活躍，擁有世界上最大的活體溶巖湖。

The volcanic lunar landscape resembles a surrealist painting, with sulphurous hot springs,lava beds, hypothermal pools, and a mix of sulphates, iron oxides and salt deposits allcombining to create a hallucinogenic palette of otherworldly formations and colours.

火山月球景觀就像一幅超現實繪畫，擁有硫磺溫泉，巖溶床，低溫地和硫酸鹽，鐵氧氧化物以及鹽混合的沉積物，所有這些混合創造出一個超凡脫俗的調色板。

The tribal Afar people have inhabited this arid moonscape for centuries, eking out a living byextracting salt from the mineral-laden lakes that dot the Danakil and transporting it across thedesert by camel caravans.

數百年來，游牧部落的人生活在這個干旱的月球表面上，通過從點綴在達納基爾其間的富含礦物質的湖中提取鹽并且用駱駝商隊帶出沙漠勉強為生。

Similar to the Kurds, they inhabit an area spanning several countries, yet have no politicalrights or borders they can call their own.

如同庫爾德人一樣，他們跨越數個世紀生活在這片區域上，卻沒有政治權利或者稱之為自己的邊境。

Although these traditional nomadic herders are pastoralists, they are notorious for beingfierce, proud, independent, and not exactly hospitable – perhaps mirroring the unforgivingterrain that surrounds them.

盡管這些傳統的游牧牧民是愛國主義者，他們卻因為兇殘，自傲，獨立以及并不友好而臭名昭著，也許這也映照出環繞著他們的嚴峻的地形。

Dawit navigated us via a four-wheel drive jeep to Lake Assal in the east of the DanakilDepression, where a team of Afar were just finishing loading their camels.

Dawit開著四輪驅動的吉普車帶我們到了達納基爾凹地東部的阿薩勒湖，在這兒，一隊商人剛剛給駱駝卸完貨。

The salt trade here is taxing, with workers using basic picks and axes to chop and cut thebricks of salt while standing out in the extreme heat for just 150 Ethiopian birr per day.

這里的鹽類貿易正在征稅，工人使用基本的鎬和斧頭切鹽塊。而在烈日下站立一天的他們，每天只有150埃塞俄比亞比爾的收入。