The purplish beds below us are called Hata, a deeper time window in the Bouri formation.
下方这片略带紫色的平原被称为哈塔,在鲍里构造中它是一个更久远的时间窗口。
To the left was the low hump of a relict volcano called Dulu Ali and, beyond, the Bouri Peninsula and Yardi Lake, where we’d started the day before.
左边是一处名为杜鲁阿里的火山残余隆峰,再往前,则是鲍里半岛和亚迪湖,那儿正是我们前天旅程的起点。
Elema would be another advantage: as a district administrator, the Bouri-Modaitu chief also commanded the respect of all the Afar clans in the Middle Awash.