Great Rift Valley (Ethiopia). The world’s largest rift system stretches 6000km from the red sea down to Lake Malawi. Up to 75km wide in places, it’s cradled by a series of cliffs, rising from the valley floor to the top of the highest escarpments, up to 1.6km above. The Great Rift Valley is not one single feature but a series of linked faults – the Ethiopian Rift Valley, and the western and eastern branches of the East African Rift. (Photo by Pascal Boegli /Getty Images)
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