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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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Beautiful orange sand against the black rock outcrops <br />
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Beautiful orange sand against the black rock outcrops
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Beautiful orange sand against the black rock outcrops <br />
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Another form of “outcrop” <br />
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Learning to set up the tent quickly, BEFORE sundown <br />
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View from my tent on top of the dunes, looking over “the bathroom,” dropping away just outside, on the other side of the ridge <br />
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A local “visitor” outside the door to David & Gerri’s tent <br />
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The next morning, we take off into the sandiest expanse yet <br />
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Continuous ridge of dunes marches along in the distance, all the way to Fachi <br />
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The caravan of Group number 2’s cars in the distance <br />
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Our salt caravan veteran guide surveys the scene to find our route <br />
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Typical break in the dunes <br />
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Sue, Will & Lamin our driver, on the ridge in the distance <br />
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Rei & Sharif riding bareback at full speed! <br />
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Perfect dunes! <br />
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Lunch stop under an acacia tree <br />
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Dramatic view from our lunch stop <br />
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The oasis nearby <br />
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View from our lunch stop <br />
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Bones found near our lunch stop; (maybe we’d better not stay too long) . . . <br />
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Up in the acacia tree <br />
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Crazy Rei in the tree <br />
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