Traces of cars in the sand - Edeyen (Desert of dunes) at Mourzouk – Libya

Gazelle grass - In the Ténéré, vegetation is often limited to individual grasses, sparse food for gazelles and cattle, but a poetic toy for the wind.

Traces of camel
Saharan nomads are recognized and excellent trackers. The trail of a camel is a true message, and every self-respecting Saharan can provide accurate information about the freshness of the trail, age, gender, load and state of tiredness of the animal.
Libya - Erg Mourzouq - Wadi Berjouj -1969

If the American Indians were renowned trackers, the Saharan nomads are not inferior to them in this difficult art. The track of a camel is almost like news, and any self-respecting Saharan can tell with unfailing accuracy the freshness of the track, the age, sex, load and degree of fatigue of the animal. - Libya - 1969

There is no need for roads on the vast plains of the Edeyen of Murzuk. Every truck, every off-road vehicle leaves its own track in the sand. - Libya - 1969

Tracks in the sand on the way to the submarine. Two Land Rovers were involved in the 1968/1969 expedition "Mission Blaka". Seven prehistoric sites were discovered. - Enneri Blaka - Niger - 1968

Near Séguédine, in the middle of the desert, rises the Pic Zoumri, about 150 m high. It is a mountain of witnesses. - Kaouar - Niger - 1968

The salt caravan moves on. The 600 km distance between Bilma and Agadez is covered in 16 to 20 days. - Ténéré - Niger - 1966

The Ti-Sfad area is located southeast of the famous Sefar site on the Tassili-n-Ajjer plateau. It is an impressive landscape with stone forests and standing rocks. The visitor will find here a labyrinth of deep passages (Ti-Sfad means "The Passages" in the Tamahaq dialect) into which the sunlight never penetrates at any time of the day. Undoubtedly one of the most magnificent landscapes of the Tassili National Park. Algeria - Tassili n'Ajjer - 1993

Animals have left traces in the red sand. Region between Bou Ediane and the Grotto of the Viper. Algeria - Tadrart - 1993

Region between Bou Ediane and the Grotto of the Viper. Algeria - Tadrart - 1993

Late afternoon in Erg Brousset. - Niger - 2000

Descent to the Oued Tanakom - Aïr - Niger - 2002

In the evening light the caravan reaches the Oued Agamgam - Aïr - Niger - 2002

Crossing the Crab Claw on the edge of the Ténéré - Aïr - Niger - 2000

The caravan crosses the Crab Claw at the edge of the Ténéré - Aïr - Niger - 2000

Dune ascent at Tchi-n-Taboûrak - The dromedaries took the route around the outside of the dunes - Aïr - Niger - 2002

Tracks in the sand of the Erg Izane - Air - Niger - 2000

The caravan on the way in the Erg Izane - Air - Niger - 2002

The traces of the caravan in the Erg Izane will soon be erased by the wind - Air - Niger - 2002

On the way in the Erg Izane to the camp of Elik-Ouan-Aggan. In the background, the Taghmert Mountain. - Air - Niger - 2001

On the way in the sand sea of the Erg Izane - Air - Niger - 2002

The caravan on the march through the sand sea of the Erg Izane - Air - Niger - 2000

A beetle has left its trail on the way to Adrar Chiriet - Aïr - Niger - 2000

Traces in the sand in the Temet region - Niger - Aïr - 2003

And suddenly a scorpion crosses the path - Well of Tezirzek - Niger - Aïr - 1992

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