Bridget Thackwray, 25, and partner Topher Richwhite, 33, from New Zealand, are modern-day adventurers and together, they’re called Expedition Earth.
They are traveling the world together in order to promote environmental issues. They plan to cover seven continents in three years, covering 350,000 km. Their website says that they have been out of New Zealand for 506 days.
Watch the spectacular footage of Bridget walking the acid ponds in the deeps of Ethiopia’s deserts.
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These hyper-acidic yellow and green pools are located in the Danakil Depression which is generally considered one of the most h***ish places on Earth.
Plumes of smoke slowly rise out of these bubbling and dangerous pools.
Bridget said: “The sulfur fumes burn your lungs when you breathe whilst you are close to the terraces.
“It was a very uncomfortable experience.
“There is a constant hot breeze blowing, with more fumes, so the only way to take cover was behind a few alien-like rocks dotted around.
“We were unsure what the liquid in the pools consisted of, so we did not touch it.
“However, it was continuously bubbling and puffing steam, we could tell it was hot.”
The divergence of three tectonic plates formed the Danakil Depression which takes its name from the fact that it’s located 127 meters below sea level.
Despite the inhospitable environment, it has also been called “the cradle of humanity” because of the discovery of Lucy, a fossil that dates back 3.2 million years.
The area is popular with tourists as the volcanic landscape gives way to psychedelic-colored sulfur lakes and pools.
So far, Bridget and Topher have already visited the Krka waterfall in Croatia, all the way to the Nubian pyramids of Sudan. They also did a segment with National Geographic covering the Sukuma lion killers in Western Tanzania.
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