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Harar Meda Airport
Gosell (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: Gosell.
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Lots of military aircraft including SU27, Mig 23, Mig-21

Plane crash?
daggerwell (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: daggerwell.
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I was looking for an airport in Africa when I found this. Some speculation about it in Google Sightseeing (see link).

Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam
Fab (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: Fab.
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Addis Ababa Bole International Airport (ADD)
TexasAndroid (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: TexasAndroid.

Ark of the Covenant
DonMartini (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: DonMartini.
The Ark of the Covenant was a great shrine that contained the tablets of the Ten Commandments that were received from God by Moses on Sinai. According to the Old Testament, the Ark was made of acacia wood and overlaid with gold. It measured 1.15 m long, 0.7 m wide and 0.7 m high and was carried by two long bars, also made of gold-plated acacia wood. The Ark was guarded by cherubims that "spread forth their two wings over of the place of the ark" (I Kings 8:7).
According to the Old Testament, the Israelites carried the Ark of the Covenant with them wherever they went, and it contained great divine power that proved fatal to many. When the Temple of Jerusalem was built, the Ark was enshrined there in the Holy of Holies and only seen by the High Priest.
At some point, the Ark disappeared from Jerusalem. The mystery of what became of such an important and sacred artifact continues to fascinate archaeologists, historians and believers alike. There are no shortage of theories as to its fate and current location, which include a Jerusalem tunnel and the top of Mt. Nebo in Jordan.
To Ethiopian Christians and Jews, the location of the Ark of the Covenant is no mystery. According to the Ethiopian royal chronicles, the Ark left Jerusalem much earlier than generally thought — in the days of King Solomon — and went to Ethiopia by the hand of Menelik, the son of King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba. (The Old Testament tells of a meeting between the monarchs (1 Kings 10), but not a marriage or Prince Menelik.)
The Ark was then kept safe in Ethiopia over the millenia, carefully hidden during wars, and today it is enshrined in a special treasury next to the Church of St. Mary of Zion in Axum, Ethiopia.
This theory was popularized outside of Ethiopia through a 1990s book by British journalist Graham Hancock entitled The Sign and the Seal: The Quest for the Lost Ark of the Covenant. Hancock argues that after the Ark was brought to Ethiopia by Menelik, it was kept there for 800 years by a Judaic cult. Then it was seized by the Knights Templar, who thought that it was the Holy Grail. The Knights converted the Jews, who then kept the Ark in a great church.
Several other researches have explored the possibility that the Lost Ark is in Ethiopia, reaching various conclusions. In The Quest for the Ark of the Covenant, Stuart Munro-Hay argues that Axum's shrine contains a stone altar that was probably produced long ago as a replica of Moses' stone tablets.
Munro-Hay's theory is a variation of what seems to be the most common consensus of scholars: there is something old and sacred enshrined at Axum, but it is probably not the Ark of the Covenant.
The Ark of the Covenant was long enshrined in the Church of St. Mary of Zion at Axum, and constructed specially for the purpose by Emperor Haile Selassie in the early 1960s.

Addis Ababa University
kkeps (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: kkeps.

Tekeze Dam
KRL (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: KRL.
aka: Ozentari.
Newly completed double arch dam. Now Africa's highest.
Tekezé Dam is a double-curvature arch dam in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia on the Tekezé River, a Nile tributary that flows through one of the deepest canyons in the world. At the time of completion, the 188 metres (617 ft) high dam is said to be Africa's largest arch dam. The dam consists of four turbines, generating 300 MW of electricity together. The dam helped to reduce power shortages as Ethiopia's power demand continues to increase.
Construction photos at link below.

Lava lake at Erta Ale
kjfitz (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: kjfitz.
Erta Ale is an active shield volcano in the Afar Region of northeastern Ethiopia. It is the most active volcano in Ethiopia. Erta Ale is 613 metres tall, with a lava lake, one of only four in the world, at the summit. It is notable for being the longest existing lava lake, present since the early years of the twentieth century. It is located in the Afar Depression, a desert area spanning the border with Eritrea.
Erta Ale's last major eruption was on 25 September 2005, which killed 250 head of livestock and forced thousands of nearby residents to flee.
Additional lava flow activity took place in August 2007, forcing the evacuation of hundreds and leaving two missing.
The name of the volcano means "smoking mountain" in the local Afar language and its southerly pit is known locally as "the gateway to hell". It has recently been mapped by a team from the BBC using three dimensional laser techniques.

Sheraton Addis
kaiken (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: kaiken.

Sebara Dildiy (broken bridge)
tallturtle82 (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: tallturtle82.
The bridge crosses the Blue Nile. It was built in 1640 and repaired in 1901. It fell into disrepair and locals resorted to pulling each other across by rope.
Bridges to Prosperity, a US nonprofit organization built a new wire bridge in 2009.

African Union Headquarters
kaiken (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: kaiken.

Boeing 707-351B (5Y-BBK)
Hinkkanen (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: Hinkkanen.
Remains of Boeing 707-351B (5Y-BBK, cn 19872/742) at Addis Abeba Bole International (ADD) where it was damaged beyond repair after emergency landing on 11th July 1989. She returned to ADD after landing gear didn't retract, brakes failed after touchdown and the Boeing overran the wet runway.

Addis Ababa Stadium
doitsurt (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: doitsurt.

Jubilee Palace
kaiken (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: kaiken.
The official residence of the President of Ethiopia, built in 1955 to mark Emperor Haile Silassie's Silver Jubilee.

Urael Church
hhgygy (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: hhgygy.

Church of Saint George, Lalibela
DonMartini (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: DonMartini.
The small town of Lalibela in Ethiopia is home to one of the world's most astounding sacred sites: 11 rock-hewn churches, each carved entirely out of a single block of granite with its roof at ground level.
Were it not for these extraordinary churches, Lalibela would almost certainly be well off the tourist radar. A dusty rural town nestled into rolling countryside, Lalibela only recently got electricity. It has few motorized vehicles, no gas stations and no paved streets. Isolated from the modern world, the town goes about its business much as it has for several hundred years.
Of Lalibela's 8-10,000 people, over 1,000 are priests. Religious ritual is central to the life of the town, with regular processions, extensive fasts, crowds of singing and dancing priests. This, combined with its extraordinary religious architecture and simplicity of life, gives the city of Lalibela a distinctively timeless, almost biblical atmosphere.

Butajira crater
TexasAndroid (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: TexasAndroid.

Ethiopian Airlines Douglas C-47A Skytrain on static display
kjfitz (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: kjfitz.
On display in front of Ethiopian Airlines' head quarter.

Wonchi Crater and lake
TexasAndroid (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: TexasAndroid.

Mausoleum of Menelik II

Ethiopian National Museum
DonMartini (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: DonMartini.
The Ethiopian National Museum in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, is located close to the University of Addis Ababa Graduate School. The museum houses numerous antiquarian relics and archaeological artifacts showing the history of Ethiopia from prehistoric times to the modern day.
By far the most famous exhibit of the museum is the 3.5 million year-old skeleton of "'Lucy," the oldest hominid that has ever been found.
Archaeologists named her for the Beatles song, "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds," which played often in the celebrations that followed her discovery.
Though not a sacred relic in the traditional sense, this ancient hominid naturally prompts reflection on what it means to be human, a question foundational to any religious or spiritual outlook. What was it like to be Lucy? Did she ponder the stars?

Very remote Ethiopian ghost town - hottest place on earth
kjfitz (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: kjfitz.
A former potash mine. Dallol currently holds the record high average temperature for an inhabited location on Earth, where an average annual temperature of 34°C (94°F) was recorded between the years 1960 and 1966. Dallol is also one of the most remote places on Earth. There are no roads; the only regular transport service is provided by camel caravans which travel to the area to collect salt.

Volcano Dallol

Kilometer Zero
WacoKidd110 (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: WacoKidd110.
Kilometre Zero in Ethiopia is in Menelik Square, Addis Abeba, in front of St. George's Cathedral; it is the point from which all Ethiopian highway distances are measured. The point was designated by Emperor Haile Selassie in 1930.

Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 crash site
Fab (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: Fab.

Trinity Cathedral
Trinity Cathedral in Addis Ababa commemorates Ethiopia's liberation from five years of Italian occupation. It is also the second most important place of worship in Ethiopia (after St. Mary's in Axum), and the highest ranking of Addis Ababa's four Orthodox cathedrals.
The Church of the Holy Trinity was founded by Emperor Menelik II soon after he moved his imperial capital from Mt. Entoto to Addis Ababa. The original church, built of wood with intricate carvings, was constructed with the help of artists from India. Located close to the Imperial Palace, it was frequently visited by the royal family.
In 1928, a cornerstone was laid by Empress Zewditu for a new cathedral to be built. Work progressed slowly and was halted during the Italian occupation of 1936 to 1941. The new Cathedral would not be completed until 1942, after the return from exile of Emperor Haile Selassie following the Italian occupation.
Trinity was made the burial ground for those who fought against the Italians both inside the country and in exile. No other persons, other than high clergy, are allowed to be buried on the grounds of the Cathedral itself (although there are a public cemetery and a public masoleum behind it). Emperor Haile Selassie built a mausoleum for his family in the crypt under the Cathedral, and the Imperial family continue to use it as their tomb.
Trinity Cathedral has been the site of many great church and state ceremonies, including the enthronements of the Patriarchs of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church and the consecration of all Archbishops and Bishops.

Four Su-27s
nico (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: nico.

St. George's Cathedral
The cathedral was built in 1896 as a token of thanks to St. George, whose relic was carried into battle against invading Italians at the Battle of Adwa. The Ethiopians won, marking the only time an African army defeated Europeans in a major encounter.
In 1930 this church was the site of the coronation of Emperor Haile Selassie, who is the focus of Rastafarian devotion and also known as King of Kings, Elect of God, Conquering Lion of the Tribe of Judah. The church is a place of pilgrimage for Rastafarians.

Blue Path near Lake Abaya
kenmo (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: kenmo.
I don't know what this is, but I'm sure somebody does.

St. Gabriel Church
hhgygy (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: hhgygy.

Possible Return of Axum Obelisk?
damein234 (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: damein234.
There are a lot of factors here. The first is the plane. It has roughly similar dimensions to the Antonov AN-124 that returned the obelisk. Also, from this picture it has a similar landscape behind it. Another factor is whether this is actually an airplane or not. It appears to be, but its not for sure. Also, there really aren't any landing strips around. It all comes down to time. The obelisk's return was in April, 2005, but the date of the images in unknown. Its all a big question mark really.

Bahir Dar Airport (BJR)
adrbr (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: adrbr.

Site of the Battle of Adwa
The Battle of Adwa (also known as Adowa or sometimes by the Italian name Adua) was fought on 1 March 1896 between Ethiopia and Italy near the town of Adwa, Ethiopia, in Tigray. It was the climactic battle of the First Italo–Ethiopian War.

Volcano Tullu Moje

Blue and Brown Lines
cmike77 (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: cmike77.

Northern Stelae Park
King Ezana's Stele is the central obelisk still standing in the Northern Stelae Park (containing hundreds of smaller and less decored stelae) in the ancient city of Axum, in modern-day Ethiopia. This stele is probably the last erected one and the biggest of those remained unbroken. King Ezana's Stele stands 70 feet (21 m) tall, smaller than the fallen 108-foot (33 m) Great Stele and the better-known 79-foot (24 m), so-called, Obelisk of Axum (reassembled and unveiled on September 4, 2008). At its base, it is decorated with a false door, and apertures resembling windows on all sides.

Volcano Gala Ade

Embassy of Turkey, Addis Ababa
nico (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: nico.

Embassy of South Korea, Addis Ababa
nico (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: nico.

The Lion of Judah of Emperor Haile Selasesie
This black-stone carved monument is erected near the National Theater on the western sid at the Unity Square and it commemorates the Silver Jubilee of Emperor Haile Selassie, celebrated in 1955.
The monument is the work of a French sculptor Morris Calka, the winner of grand prix of Rome. Henry Shomet the Architect of the Addis Ababa City Hall selected him to be engaged in this task. The symbol of the monument served as a logo to the former Ethiopian Tourism Commission and is still serving the present Ministry of Culture and Tourism, depicting the country’s tourism promotion slogan ‘thirteen months of sunshine’.

Mekele Airport (MQX)
adrbr (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: adrbr.

Volcano Ma Alalta

Commercial Bank of Ethiopia Headquarters (tallest building in Ethiopia)
kkeps (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: kkeps.
At 198 m (649 ft), this is the tallest building in Addis Ababa, in Ethiopia, and in East Africa.
By Henn Architekten, Universal Consultants

SAM SA-2 site

Embassy of the United Kingdom, Addis Ababa

Beles Hydroelectric Power Plant
kkeps (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: kkeps.
The Beles Hydroelectric Power Plant, sometimes referred to as Beles II or Tana Beles, is a run-of-the-river hydroelectric power plant in Ethiopia near Lake Tana. The power plant receives water from the lake and after utilizing it to produce electricity, the water is then discharged into the Beles River. The plant will have an installed capacity of 460 MW and when fully operational and will be the largest power plant in the country. It is also expected to help provide water for the irrigation of 140,000 ha (350,000 acres). It was inaugurated in May 2010 and its construction was negatively perceived by downstream Egypt.

Lideta (HAAL)
adrbr (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: adrbr.

Geech Abyss
hhgygy (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: hhgygy.
Beautiful waterfall, part of the World Heritage Site, Simien Mountains National Park.

Debre Birhan Selassie Church
The Debre Birhan Selassie (Trinity and Mountain of Light) Church in Gondar is famed for its beautiful examples of Ethiopian church art. Built by an emperor and preserved by an archangel, it is also among the most important churches of Ethiopia.
Debre Birhan Selassie was built by Emperor Eyasu II (also known as Birhan Seged, "He to Whom the Light Bows") in the 17th Century. It was named Debre Birhan, "Mountain of Light," after the Emperor's nickname as well as in honor of the church of the same name in Shewa.
At the Debre Birhan Church in Shewa, a miraculous apparition of the Holy Light of God is said to have occured in the Middle Ages during the reign of Emperor Zera Yacob the Great. In exchange for the right of using its name, the Gondar church paid the Shewan church an annual tribute.
When the Mahdist Dervishes of the Sudan sacked the city of Gondar in 1888, they burned down every church in the city except Debre Birhan Selassie. According to local legend, when the Mahdist soldiers approached the church, a swarm of bees decended on the compound of the church and kept the soldiers back, and the Archangel Michael himself stood before the large wooden gates with a flaming sword drawn.

Axum Airport (AXU)

Africa Hall
Xeba73 (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: Xeba73.
Africa Hall is the permanent headquarters of UNECA, the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa.

Lion Park

Mount Zuqualla

Embassy of the United States, Addis Ababa

Embassy of Denmark, Addis Ababa

Embassy of China, Addis Ababa

Yekatit 12 Square
Mike1989 (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: Mike1989.
The Yekatit 12 Square is a monument in Addis Ababa commemorating victims of Italian reprisals following an attempt to kill the Italian Viceroy Rodolfo Graziani 19 February 1937, or Yekatit 12 in the Ethiopian calendar. It is located in the center of Sidist Kilo (Amharic, "Six Kilometer") square.

Ethiopian National Theatre

Lake Tana
Largest lake in Ethiopia and source of the Blue Nile

Dek Island
Dek Island (Dek Deset in Amharic) is the biggest island (approximately 16 square kilometers in size) on Lake Tana in Ethiopia. It is administratively included in the Bahir Dar Zuria woreda of the Mirab Gojjam Zone.

Embassy of Egypt, Addis Ababa

Arba Minch Airport (AMH)

Harar Brewery

Axum Market

SAM garrison
Possible SAM depot site.

Yeha
Yeha is a town in northern Ethiopia.
The oldest standing structure in Ethiopia is located in Yeha: the temple of Yeha. This is a tower built in the Sabaean style, and dated through comparison with ancient structures in South Arabia to around 700 BC. Although no radiocarbon dating testing has been performed on samples from Yeha, this date for the Great Tower is supported by local inscriptions.

Aba Tenna Dejazmach Yilma International Airport (DIR)

Embassy of Belgium, Addis Ababa

Lalibela Airport (LLI)

Embassy of Germany in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia ﻿
fin (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: fin.

Fasil Ghebbi
The Fasil Ghebbi (Amharic: ፋሲል ግቢ) is a fortress in Gondar, Amhara Region, Ethiopia. It was founded in the 1600s by Emperor Fasilides and was the home of Ethiopian emperors. Its unique architecture shows many influences, including Nubian, Indian, Arab, and Baroque. Because of its historical importance and architecture, the fortress was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979.

Gilgel Gibe I Power Station
The Gilgel Gibe I Power Station is a hydroelectric power plant of the Omo River in Ethiopia. It has a power generating capacity of 184 MW, enough to power over 123,200 homes.

Daga Island
Daga Island is located in the southeastern part of Lake Tana in Ethiopia. Southeast of the much larger Dek Island, Daga has a latitude and longitude of 11°53′N 37°18′ECoordinates: 11°53′N 37°18′E. The entire island, consisting of a volcanic cone some 300 feet high, is considered holy and no females, either women or farm animals, are allowed on the island.

Middle Awash
The Middle Awash is an archaeological site along the Awash River in Ethiopia's Afar Depression. A number of Pleistocene and late Miocene hominid remains have been found at the site, along with some of the oldest known Olduwan stone artifacts and patches of fire-baked clay, disputed evidence of the use of fire. Chimpanzee and human lineages are thought to have split around this time, somewhere between 5 million and 7 million years ago.

Embassy of Sierra Leone, Addis Ababa

Addis Ababa War Cemetery
Dania (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: Dania.

Ras Dashen (Highest point of Ethiopia)
WacoKidd110 (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: WacoKidd110.
Ras Dashen is the highest mountain in Ethiopia. Part of Semien Mountains National Park, it reaches an elevation of 4,550 metres (14,928 ft).

Embassy of the Netherlands, Addis Ababa

Emperor Yohannes IV's palace
Yohannes IV born as Lij Kassay Mercha Ge'ez, was the Emperor of Ethiopia from 1872 until his death in 1889.

Embassy of Iran, Addis Ababa

Combolcha Airport (DSE)

Indaselassie Airport (SHC)

Gode Airport (GDE)
Gode Airport, also known as Ugas Mirad Airport or Mirad Leyli Airport, is an airport in Gode, Ethiopia. Construction of the airport began in 1965 by a Swedish construction firm called Skanska, and it was inaugurated on June 10, 1966. Despite originally being a military air base, Gode Airport was later also used for civil flights.

Gilgel Gibe II Power Station
The Gilgel Gibe II Power Station is a hydroelectric power station on the Omo River in Ethiopia. The power station receives water from a tunnel entrance on the Gilgel Gibe River. It has an installed capacity of 420 MW and was inaugurated on January 14, 2010.

Gambella Airport (GMB)

St. Gabriel church

Thousands of Pilgrims
Lalibela is a town in northern Ethiopia. Lalibela is one of Ethiopia's holiest cities, second only to Aksum, and is a center of pilgrimage for much of the country.

SAM SA-3 Site

Kabri Dar Airport (ABK)

Asosa Airport (ASO)

Erta Ale lava lake

Lone jet
Not really sure what this is, looks too small to be a Sukoi,plus they aren't camouflaged. Could be an Albatross. Not a MiG21 or MiG23, though.

Jimma Airport (JIM)

Church of Saint George
tallturtle82 (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: tallturtle82.
The Church of Saint George is carved in the shape of a cross from solid limestone rock. It is has been referred to as the 8th wonder of the world.
Direct link below.

SAM site

Gilgel Gibe III Dam Construction
KRL (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: KRL.
In progress work to build this large dam project.
More info at link below

Expanding Resevoir - from Desert to Lake
KRL (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: KRL.
Image seam shows a huge new resevoir for the Tekeze Dam turning parched desert into lake.

Gore Airport (GOR)