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Ethiopian Sassy Girl

Ethiopian Sassy Girl

On the path to Hamed Ela in the brutal Danakil Desert of Ethiopia's Afar Region, we stumbled upon a sassy girl at a military check point. The Afar people are mo...
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On the path to Hamed Ela in the brutal Danakil Desert of Ethiopia's Afar Region, we stumbled upon a sassy girl at a military check point. The Afar people are mostly Muslim nomadic herders and speak a unique Cushitic language known as the Afar mother tongue.
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Canon EOS 5D Mark II

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Aperture f/7.1 ISO 100 Shutter 1/400 Focal Length 300/1

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Jul, 2015

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