Looks like a unique oasis in the black Sahara

Tourists are waited by an unpleasant surprise.

In the South of Libya, in the middle of the Sahara desert (this part is called the Libyan desert), there is an amazing oasis Wau-EN-Namus. This three salt lakes located at the foot of an extinct volcano.

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The main feature of the Wau-EN-Namus is that the sand here is black. It happened because of a volcanic eruption many millennia ago. The volcano threw so much ash and the ash that covered the surrounding area in a radius of 20 kilometers.

If you look at the oasis from the top, it will look like a small black spot against the yellow Sands of the Sahara.

The amazing beauty of this place in recent years attracts more and more tourists and adventure lovers. But they’re in for one nasty surprise. The fact that the Wau-EN-Namus, translated from the Libyan dialect means “Oasis of mosquitoes”.

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Publication from Miria Amadori (@miriaamadori) 20 Mar 2018 3:44 PDT

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