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March & April 2006 trip to Algeria & Niger to see the total solar eclipse. Candid photographs from 14 days of travel
through the desert from Djanet, Algeria through Seguadine, Djado, Dirkou, Bilma, Fachi, The Tree of Tenere,
Agadez, Timia and Iferouane, Niger and back into Algeria to Tamarasset and Assekrem in the Hogar mountains.
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200 - <br /> Day 6 - <br /> The sandstorm forces us into the camel tent coral mode again & David demonstrates the correct position for MORE bones that he has found nearby <br /> (Page 14-Image 5)
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Day 6 -
The sandstorm forces us into the camel tent coral mode again & David demonstrates the correct position for MORE bones that he has found nearby
(Page 14-Image 5)

  • 181 - <br /> Day 5 - <br /> Drivers taking a break <br /> (Page 13-Image 1)
  • 182 - <br /> Day 5 - <br /> Erland captures that elusive perfect shot <br /> (Page 13-Image 2)
  • 183 - <br /> Day 5 - <br /> Our campsite for night 5 <br /> (Page 13-Image 3)
  • 184 - <br /> Day 5 - <br /> More perfect dunes at our campsite, can it get any better than this? <br /> (Page 13-Image 4)
  • 185 - <br /> Day 5 - <br /> Unpacking the cars for camp <br /> (Page 13-Image 5)
  • 186 - <br /> Day 5 - <br /> A small boy in a big sea of sand <br /> (Page 13-Image 6)
  • 187 - <br /> Day 5 - <br /> Sunset arrives just after my first shower of the trip! <br /> (Page 13-Image 7)
  • 188 - <br /> Day 5 - <br /> Downloading video files to the notebook in the desert, courtesy of the only car lighter that provides power! <br /> (Page 13-Image 8)
  • 189 - <br /> Day 5 - <br /> Campfire, dinner & Tuareg tea<br /> (Page 13-Image 9)
  • 190 - <br /> Day 6 - <br /> The next morning, our day includes THE most perfect dunes of the trip <br /> (Page 13-Image 10)
  • 191 - <br /> Day 6 - <br /> Instructions on how to operate the well at the Tree of Tenere; better hope you have a camel! <br /> (Page 13-Image 11)
  • 192 - <br /> Day 6 - <br /> This is NOT the Tree of Tenere; or maybe it used to be but . . . <br /> (Page 13-Image 12)
  • 193 - <br /> Day 6 - <br /> THIS is the Tree of Tenere; Now a memorial; once this was the site of the only tree between Fachi & Agadez; until a Libyan truck driver ran into it in 1973 <br /> (Page 13-Image 13)
  • 194 - <br /> Day 6 - <br /> A popular tourist attraction even amongst the locals . . . <br /> (Page 13-Image 14)
  • 195 - <br /> Day 6 - <br /> . . . Like this guy! <br /> (Page 13-Image 15)
  • 196 - <br /> Day 6 - <br /> Thanks to the forward thinking of others, Flip, (and his contacts), are prepared for the raging sandstorm outside! <br /> (Page 14-Image 1)
  • 197 - <br /> Day 6 - <br /> And when it’s too sunny, this miracle attachment looks ALMOST natural! <br /> (Page 14-Image 2)
  • 198 - <br /> Day 6 - <br /> Looks like there’s only one car ahead of us <br /> (Page 14-Image 3)
  • 199 - <br /> Day 6 - <br /> The drivers check out a remote well; (reminds me of the travel shrines in Mongolia) <br /> (Page 14-Image 4)
  • 200 - <br /> Day 6 - <br /> The sandstorm forces us into the camel tent coral mode again & David demonstrates the correct position for MORE bones that he has found nearby <br /> (Page 14-Image 5)
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