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In order to reach Djanet on the Tamrit high plateau (Tassili n´Ajjer), one must overcome – on foot or by camel – three steep, rocky paths known as akbas, one after the other. - Algeria - 1962

In order to reach Djanet on the Tamrit high plateau (Tassili n´Ajjer), one must overcome – on foot or by camel – three steep, rocky paths known as akbas, one after the other. - Algeria - 1962

After crossing the Tafilalet pass, the trail descends again through a gorge to Tamrit. - Algeria - 1966

Bizarre forms of erosion in the Tamrit area of the Tassili Mountains. - Algeria - 1962

Bizarre forms of erosion in the Tamrit area of the Tassili Mountains. - Algeria - 1962

Bizarre forms of erosion in the Tamrit area of the Tassili Mountains. - Algeria - 1962

Bizarre forms of erosion in the Tamrit area of the Tassili Mountains. - Algeria - 1962

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

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 - 1962

Rocky landscape, shaped by erosion into strange sculptures, in the highlands of the Tassili Mountains. Hidden amidst these stone citadels are the numerous rock art sites. - Tamrit - Algeria - 1966