Deep Space LIVE: Deep Fault – the Rift Valley in East Africa

(Linz, 8.2.2011) East Africa’s Rift Valley is a massive crack in the Earth’s crust. Created about 20 million years ago by enormous volcanic eruptions, it is now as much as 1,000 meters deep and 300 kilometers wide and gets about an inch wider every year. Filmmaker Erich Pröll visited the Rift Valley to make a three-part documentary for Universum, the ORF – Austrian Broadcasting Company’s popular nature show. At the next Deep Space LIVE he will present never-before-screened footage of one the world’s most amazing regions! Read more

The Rift Valley

The Rift Valley / Erich Pröll / Printversion / Album Deep Space

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