This episode takes us to the so-called Gate of Hell, the Dallol Volcano in East Africa’s Great Rift Valley, where, in temperatures of over 45 degrees Celsius, miners toil to ensure that reaching for the table salt is something most of us barely have to think about.

Editor: Luo Wen

Operation: Qiu Ruiqi

Producer: Li Xin

Chief Editor: Zhang Wan

Supervisor: Liu Changying

This episode takes us to the so-called Gate of Hell, the Dallol Volcano in East Africa’s Great Rift Valley, where, in temperatures of over 45 degrees Celsius, miners toil to ensure that reaching for the table salt is something most of us barely have to think about. Editor: Luo Wen Operation: Qiu Ruiqi Producer: Li Xin Chief Editor: Zhang Wan Supervisor: Liu Changying

The Salt of the Earth 01 Mining for Brine

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