Chad 15.12.2011-4.1.2012
N'Djamena to Ennedi
sunset |
refugees from Libya |
firewood for sale |
military truck |
running fennec |
sprinting desert gazelle |
flock of desert gazelles |
another sunrise |
cattle near digging well |
nomadic family |
nomadic family |
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nomadic people with cattle near digging well |
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Oum Chalouba village |
local market |
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Oum Chalouba streetlife |
petrol filling station - literally speaking |
Ennedi range
rock arch |
sunset colors |
rock arch in sunset color |
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sunrise colors |
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dune ripples |
rock window |
rock painting |
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cave system |
rock painting |
filling water supplies with digging well |
entering the Bachiguelé gorge |
dense vegetation in midst of desert |
old tree |
permanent water below steep rock walls |
permanent water below steep rock walls |
our guides |
permanent water below steep rock walls |
local women |
local women |
permanent water below steep rock walls |
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rock climbing baboons around |
leaving Bachiguelé gorge |
huge Djoula arch |
nomadic camp |
locals |
sunset colors |
sunset colors |
Aloba arch in dawn |
Moon and Venus in dawn |
first sunlight hits the 120m high Aloba arch |
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Aloba arch, one of the biggest arch in the world |
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five arch rock |
five arch rock |
lonesome rider |
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rock painting |
elephant arch |
valley of rock pillars |
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elephant arch |
nomadic camp |
waterskin made from goats |
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nomadic family |
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our guide Sulaiman |
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north celestial pole seen with long night exposure |
sunrise |
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local children |
reading volcano article in the desert... |
desert plant |
approaching Guelta d’Archeï |
famous Guelta d’Archeï |
extinction endangered desert crocodile - one of the last 3-5 ones |
first camels entering the water mirroring in the lake |
impressive colors from reflected sunlight deep in the gorge |
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leaving Guelta d’Archeï |
mushroom rocks |
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bizarre mushroom rock |
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unnaned arch |
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'rockforest' in sunset colors |
sunrise |
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microdunes |
multiple rock arches |
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local childs |
huge slot gorge |
long lasting water deposits where sunrays rarely hit |
fragile flower in the shadow |
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collecting firewood |
our guide Sulaiman |
another rock 'forest' |
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house sized chessmen |
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our cook preparing dinner |
north celestial pole seen with long night exposure |
sunrise |
sunrise colors |
lonesome riders |
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Fada village |
desert beetle |
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eroded rocks with dunes between |
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rock engravings |
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rock pillar 10m high |
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sunset |
Moon and Venus |
dune field |
Ounianga Lakes and back to N'Djamena
local bird |
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local village |
fist sunrays |
got stuck in the sand... |
sunset |
first sunlight |
root chimney made out of rock |
root chimneys on top of layered rock |
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approaching Demi salt lagoon |
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date drying chamber |
approaching Demi salt lagoon-mosquito flocks will greet you |
very rare lake mirroring |
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salt deposits |
salt deposits |
view back to Demi lake |
first view to Ounianga Serir lakes |
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easternmost Ounianga Serir lake - pure sweetwater |
Ounianga having the biggest groundwater lakes in the Sahara desert |
purest sweetwater surrounded by dunefields |
palm trees near the shore |
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view back |
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lake Teli, the biggest and most salty from Ounianga Serir lake group |
islands in lake Teli |
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first lake of Ounianga Kebir group - lake Katam with rare mirroring |
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lake Katam from above |
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lake Katam shoreline |
leaving lake Katam |
lake Yoa |
lake Yoa - the biggest lake of Ouninga Kebir |
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palm beach inmidst of Sahara desert |
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leaving Ounianga Kebir lake group |
dune field |
dune ripples |
crossing rough terrain to the west |
under a rock arch |
exceptional shaped channel like lava tubes |
Faya desert town |
Faya market |
Faya market |
Faya streetlife |
sunset under a upcoming sandstorm |
panoramic image of classic barchan dune |
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tent under growing dune at sandstorm attack |
leaving desert and entering Sahel zone |
nomadic camp |
local childs |
local women |
still flooded terrain near N'Djamena |
women on donkeys |
