Stunning drone footage showcases Ethiopia's Danakil Depression, the world's hottest place in terms of year-round average temperatures.

The footage, filmed in November 2019, reveals the barren landscape of the region which contains unusually colourful natural springs.

The Danakil Depression developed as Africa and Asia drifted apart, causing volcanic activity and lava flows.

The plain is around 410ft below sea level and goes without rain for most of the year.

The drone panorama shows Danakil Depression which lies at the triple junction of three tectonic plates and has a complex geological history.

It has developed as a result of Africa and Asia moving apart, causing rifting and volcanic activity. Erosion, inundation by the sea, the rising and falling of the ground have all played their part in the formation of this depression.

Sedimentary rocks such as sandstone and limestone are unconformably overlain by basalt which resulted from extensive lava flows.

The area is often referred to as the cradle of humanity; in 1974 Donald Johanson and his colleagues found the famous Australopithecus fossil Lucy, which has been dated 3.2 million years old[5] and many other fossils of ancient hominins have been uncovered here, prompting many palaeontologists to propose that this area is where the human species first evolved.

The drone captures the amazing colors of Danakil Depression - the northern part of the Afar Triangle or Afar Depression in Ethiopia, a geological depression that has resulted from the divergence of three tectonic plates in the Horn of Africa.

The Danakil Depression is the hottest place on Earth in terms of year-round average temperatures. It is also one of the lowest places on the planet (100 m below sea level, and without rain for most of the year.