Wau en Namus - an oasis inside the crater

In Arabic language, it's called Mosquito oasis and combines its name to the caldera, the volcanic field, and, directly, itself a conical volcano. Is Wau en Namus in southern Libya.

By the way, very close to the volcano is the geographical center of the world's largest desert Sahara. Inside the crater is not only vegetation, but three lakes with salt water. Around the basin of the volcano the ground is covered with basalt ash. Moreover, the range can be up to twenty kilometers. As a result, Wau en Namus perfectly possible to consider even from space. The place is very popular with tourists and every year the popularity is only growing.




























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