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Le Grand Erg Occidental, dans le Sahara algérien, est un massif de dunes de 80 000 km² (dunes en croissant, culminant à près de 300 mètres de haut).
The Grand Erg Occidental, in the Algerian Sahara, is a massive dunes of 80,000 km² (crescent dunes, peaking at nearly 300 meters high).
Not an incredible place where to shot, I agree, but something particular considering that we aren't in a classic canyon of the south-west USA but in Morocco. Here are the Draa Gorges, almost in the golden hour and with a strong wind which was blowing sands in my face (and on my lens).
An ‘art’ installation from the 1980's by Belgian/French artist Jean Verame, controversial even today & recently repainted in primary colours, Moroccan style. Aptly described by locals as "Graffiti de merde technicolor".
Using the landscape around Tafraout painting the rocks in blue, black, pink and red created his artwork to be viewed both from afar (drive up the hill towards Gorges Ait Mansour and look over the valley) and close up by driving or walking the circuit.
This graffiti diminishes a fantastic landscape on a grand scale. I think the locals are right.
We came across a group of women gathering fodder for the livestock. They were dressed in brightly coloured shawls, and their donkeys were hidden beneath huge panniers of grass and leaves.
Ifentar, Morocco. March 2019.
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Izargane, Taliouine (تالوين), Souss-Massa-Draâ, Marroc.
N 30° 29' 46" W -7° 52' 53"
Near Agdz, Region Zagora. Agdz is located about 65 km south of Ouarzazate, 92 km north of Zagora. Agdz which means "resting place" is located on the old caravan route linking Marrakech to Timbuktu.
Un susseguirsi di dune di sabbia, villaggi rossi come la terra, piccole oasi che sembrano miraggi sotto il cielo e il sole dell’Africa settentrionale. La valle del Draa è una porzione di Marocco che si estende a sud e che deve il suo nome alla presenza del fiume omonimo, il più lungo della nazione. Mitigatore di queste terre aride e desertiche, avventurarsi per la sua valle lunga più di duecento chilometri è un’esperienza dal sapore mistico e sicuramente non convenzionale. I viaggiatori troveranno paesaggi lunari, tramonti vibranti, villaggi berberi e lussureggianti pianure con colori che solo il deserto del Sahara sa regalare.
In a desert, when water has come, not a single animal hesitates to do, what has to be done immediately. That differentiates animals from human beeings. (Photo captured in Southern Morocco 9 years ago after a flood wave within the Wadi Draa.)
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Wenn es in der Wüste mal Wasser gibt, tun alle Lebewesen sofort, was getan werden muss. Das unterscheidet sie von den Menschen, die über ihr Nachdenken vielleicht den magischen Moment verpassen. (Aufgenommen vor neun Jahren im südlichen Marokko nach einer Flutwelle im Wadi Draa.)
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Zagora is a town located in the Draa River valley in the Moroccan region of Drâa-Tafilalet.
On the base of the Zagora mountain the remains of an Almoravid fortress can still be seen. The exact location of the former Almoravid mosque is still a matter of dispute. Each year the moussem (festival) of the Sufi saint moulay Abdelkader Jilali is celebrated at Zagora.
Languages spoken in the city include Moroccan Arabic, Tachelhit and Tamazight.
A sign at the town border states "Tombouctou 52 days", the supposed time it takes to get to Timbuktu, Mali on foot or camel. The original sign has been replaced by a mural painting.
Paysage rocailleux de l'Atlas marocain, Ighels région de Drâa, Tafilet
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Rocky landscape of the Moroccan Atlas Mountains, Ighels region of Drâa, Tafilet
Water! Ten hours after a thunderstorm had attained the Atlas Mountains, a lot of water was sweeping through the Wadi Draa (Southern Morocco).
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Wasser! Zehn Stunden nach einer Gewitternacht: Der Regen, der über dem Atlasgebirge gefallen war, kommt als Flutwelle im Wadi Draa an (Süd-Marokko).
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