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Iris ungularia. Iris unguicularis is a rhizomatous flowering plant in the genus Iris, native to Greece, Turkey, Western Syria, and Tunisia. Mary Kistler Stoney Memorial Garden, Tryon Palace, North Carolina
On Google images about Mars expedition, they mention the above photo might be fake ??? You decide:
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ECCO FATTO CON L DC3 VI HO PORTATO DAL CENTRO DELL'AFRICA AL NORD NEL DESERTO DELL'HOGGAR IN ALGERIA DOVE HO PASSATO 3 SETTIMANE IN COMPAGNIA DEI TUAREG CON UN TREKKING A CAMMELLO
HOGGAR DESERT ALGERIA 1979 WHERE I SPENT 3 WEEK WITH A TUAREGS MADE A TREKKING ON A CAMEL
Located 600 km south of Algiers, in the heart of the Sahara Desert, the five ksour (fortified villages) of the M'Zab Valley form an extraordinarily homogenous ensemble constituting, in the desert, the mark of a sedentary and urban civilization possessing an original culture that has, through its own merit, preserved its cohesion throughout the centuries. Comprised of ksour and palm groves of El-Atteuf, Bounoura, Melika, Ghardaïa and Beni-Isguen (founded between 1012 and 1350), the M'Zab Valley has conserved practically the same way of life and the same building techniques since the 11th century, ordered as much by a specific social and cultural context, as by the need for adaptation to a hostile environment, the choice of which responded to a historic need for withdrawal and a defensive imperative. Each of these miniature citadels, surrounded by walls, is dominated by a mosque, the minaret of which functions as a watchtower. The mosque is conceived as a fortress, the last bastion of resistance in the event of a siege, and comprises an arsenal and a grain store. Around this building, which is essential for communal life, are houses built in concentric circles up to the ramparts. Each house constitutes a cubic cell of standard type, illustrating an egalitarian society founded on the respect for the family structure, aiming at the preservation of its intimacy and autonomy. At the beginning of the first millennium, the Ibadis created in the M'Zab, with local materials, a vernacular architecture which, with its perfect adaptation to the environment and the simplicity of its forms, is an example and an influence for contemporary architecture and town-planning.
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Located in the Aurès, Algeria, a long canyon crosses the territory that goes from Tifelfel to M'Chouneche. Gardens of fruit trees and palm trees are cultivated along the wadi (the river), dominated by cliffs with a height of 200 m or more. The village of Ghoufi is located on the edge of the national road, on the north cliff.
Overlooking the oasis, the balconies of the Ghoufi attracted men who built there dwellings dating from four centuries. One can find a village at the turn of each balcony, with impressive three-dimensional views over the canyon. Each village is connected to a taqliath: a multi-storey building containing a number of rooms equal to the number of families used for the storage of crops and provisions. The villages clinging to cliffs are Hitesla, Idharene, Ath Mimoune, Ath Yahia, Ath Mansour and Taouriret.
The architecture is typically Berber. The materials used are polished stone joined with a local mortar, rammed earth, tree trunks and date trees.
One of the most outstanding site I ever visited.
Moscarda beach. Marsa Ben M'hidi, Tlemcen, Algeria.
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Last month I was Highly Commended in the Travel Photographer Of The Year Awards for a series of images that I shot in Algeria.
This is the fourth image from that series. The first image is here, as well as some background info.
The Sahara is constantly changing - the sand goes where the wind goes. As a result, the dunes are always on the move. In some areas entire rock formations have been swallowed by the sand, in others you can still witness this happening - like in this shot. The guy on top of the arch is one of our crew.
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Tipasa is a city of ancient origins founded by the Phoenicians as a port, conquered by the Romans, destroyed by the Vandals and finally forgotten in the Arab era until the excavations of the nineteenth century. With a similar history you can't expect grandiose monuments even if you recognize an amphitheater, some temples, the forum and even some Christian basilicas from the first centuries. But the site is definitely suggestive for its proximity to the sea in a beautiful natural environment.
Royal Mausoleum of Mauritania
The image shows the Royal Mausoleum of Mauretania, an important funerary monument located in the province of Tipaza, Algeria.
It is the burial place of the Berber king Giuba II and his wife, Queen Cleopatra Selene II.
It is also known as “Tombe de la Chrétienne” (Tomb of the Christian) or “Kbour-er-Roumia”.
The mausoleum has an imposing circular plan with a diameter of about 60 meters and a height of about 30 meters. The exterior is decorated with columns and false portals.
Built around 3 BC, it blends Greek and Numidian architectural elements.
Dakhla refugee camp in the Algerian Tindouf zone. Mohamed Daddach has spent most of his life in Moroccan prisons and nowadays lives under home arrest in occupied Western Sahara.
Daddach was awarded the Rafto prize in 2002 and so he was permited to meet his mother and sister in Norway.
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Will visit blida this coming spring inchallah.So see you all in bab essebt and enjoy the strongest cofee in the world .. (;-).....kahwa bien dosee....
Assekrem is a high plateau in the Hoggar Mountains of southern Algeria, rising from the larger Atakor plateau. Assekrem is within Ahaggar National Park. The altitude is 2,180 metres (7,150 ft).
The hermitage of Charles de Foucauld, which continues to be inhabited by a few monks, is at the top of the Assekrem plateau.
in 1982 i tried to hitch from algiers / algeria to bamako / mali
i ended up in tamanrasset
remembered images from the hoggar mountains
in 1982 i tried to hitch from algiers / algeria to bamako / mali
i ended up in tamanrasset and stayed there
remembered images from the hoggar mountains