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Unexpected parking
On the asphalt road between Hassi-Messaoud and In-Amenas, this «international parking signal» is unusual and surprising. His incongruity can make you smile.
Algeria - 1968

The Sahara in the hour of technology: The oil town of Hassi-Messaoud (Algeria). The oil hums in the thick oil pipes. The waste gas flares spew their fury into the air. - Algeria - 1966

The Sahara in the hour of technology: The oil town of Hassi-Messaoud (Algeria). The oil hums in the thick oil pipes. The waste gas flares spew their fury into the air. - Algeria - 1966

Unexpected parking! The asphalt road between Hassi-Messaoud and In-Amenas. This "international signal" for parking is unusual and surprising. Its incongruity may lead to a smile. But it marks all too clearly the end of an era, and the smile it first evokes ends in a sad grimace. - Algeria - 1966

One of the last survivors of the green Sahara in Tassili N'Ajjer: the Duprez cypress (Cupressus dupreziana), called Tarut in the Tuareg language. It is about 3000 years old. The Tuareg at the foot of the tree gives a size comparison. Some trees are more than two metres in diameter. It is estimated that there are about 300 of them in the Tassil Mountains. - Algeria - 1966