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  • Mural of dog, cat and tortoise at the Animal Hospital of Desert Hot Springs Save-A-Pet clinic in Desert Hot Springs, painted by artist John Coleman
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  • White arrow sign over a white decaying house, Desert Hot Springs
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  • Rajasthani camel tour guides on 8th November 2009, in the Thar desert near Jaisalmer, Rajasthan, India.
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  • A Rajasthani rural house on 8th November 2009, in the Thar desert near Jaisalmer, Rajasthan, India.
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  • A Rajasthani shepherd and sheep drinking at a watering hole on 8th November 2009, in the Thar desert near Jaisalmer, Rajasthan, India.
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  • Desert Hot Springs-abandoned hotel and holiday complex with basketball court in front of a minature fairy castle
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  • Sad dog with his ear bandaged in Desert Hot Springs, California.
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  • Mexican resturant, El Matador, with plastic cow decoration on the main street of Desert Hot Springs, California
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  • Sleeping concrete cowboy concrete sculpture in the Safari Hotel hot spring spa, Desert Hot Springs
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  • Poolside statue of liberty in a hot spring spa, surrounded by palm trees. Desert Hot Springs
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  • USA-California-poolside mural of whales. Hot spring spa.
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  • USA-California-poolside mural of whales with lounger in front.
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  • A Bedouin inspects rubbish left in desert sand dunes near the Dahkla Oasis, Western Desert, Egypt. The past few decades have been difficult for traditional Bedouin culture due to changing surroundings and the establishment of new resort towns on the Red Sea coast, such as Sharm el-Sheikh. Bedouins in Egypt are facing a number of challenges: erosion of traditional values, unemployment, and various land issues. The Western Desert covers an area of some 700,000 km2, thereby accounting for around two-thirds of Egypt's total land area. Dakhla Oasis is one of the seven oases of Egypt's Western Desert (part of the Libyan Desert). It lies in the New Valley Governorate, 350 km (220 mi.) and measures approximately 80 km (50 mi) from east to west and 25 km (16 mi) from north to south.
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  • A 4x4 desert expedition vehicle climbs a sand dune at al-Galamun, near Dahkla Oasis, Western Desert, Egypt. The Western Desert covers an area of some 700,000 km2, thereby accounting for around two-thirds of Egypt's total land area. Dakhla Oasis is one of the seven oases of Egypt's Western Desert (part of the Libyan Desert). It lies in the New Valley Governorate, 350 km (220 mi.) and measures approximately 80 km (50 mi) from east to west and 25 km (16 mi) from north to south.
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  • Arid and barren desert dune landscape at al-Galamun, near Dahkla Oasis, Western Desert, Egypt. The Western Desert covers an area of some 700,000 km2, thereby accounting for around two-thirds of Egypt's total land area. Dakhla Oasis is one of the seven oases of Egypt's Western Desert (part of the Libyan Desert). It lies in the New Valley Governorate, 350 km (220 mi.) and measures approximately 80 km (50 mi) from east to west and 25 km (16 mi) from north to south.
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  • A Bedouin in desert sand dunes at al-Galamun, near Dahkla Oasis, Western Desert, Egypt. The past few decades have been difficult for traditional Bedouin culture due to changing surroundings and the establishment of new resort towns on the Red Sea coast, such as Sharm el-Sheikh. Bedouins in Egypt are facing a number of challenges: erosion of traditional values, unemployment, and various land issues. The Western Desert covers an area of some 700,000 km2, thereby accounting for around two-thirds of Egypt's total land area. Dakhla Oasis is one of the seven oases of Egypt's Western Desert (part of the Libyan Desert). It lies in the New Valley Governorate, 350 km (220 mi.) and measures approximately 80 km (50 mi) from east to west and 25 km (16 mi) from north to south.
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  • Arid and barren desert dune landscape at al-Galamun, near Dahkla Oasis, Western Desert, Egypt. The Western Desert covers an area of some 700,000 km2, thereby accounting for around two-thirds of Egypt's total land area. Dakhla Oasis is one of the seven oases of Egypt's Western Desert (part of the Libyan Desert). It lies in the New Valley Governorate, 350 km (220 mi.) and measures approximately 80 km (50 mi) from east to west and 25 km (16 mi) from north to south.
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  • A Bedouin and his desert expedition 4x4 vehicle in sand dunes at al-Galamun, near Dahkla Oasis, Western Desert, Egypt. The past few decades have been difficult for traditional Bedouin culture due to changing surroundings and the establishment of new resort towns on the Red Sea coast, such as Sharm el-Sheikh. Bedouins in Egypt are facing a number of challenges: erosion of traditional values, unemployment, and various land issues. The Western Desert covers an area of some 700,000 km2, thereby accounting for around two-thirds of Egypt's total land area. Dakhla Oasis is one of the seven oases of Egypt's Western Desert (part of the Libyan Desert). It lies in the New Valley Governorate, 350 km (220 mi.) and measures approximately 80 km (50 mi) from east to west and 25 km (16 mi) from north to south.
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  • A Bedouin and his desert expedition 4x4 vehicle in sand dunes at al-Galamun, near Dahkla Oasis, Western Desert, Egypt. The past few decades have been difficult for traditional Bedouin culture due to changing surroundings and the establishment of new resort towns on the Red Sea coast, such as Sharm el-Sheikh. Bedouins in Egypt are facing a number of challenges: erosion of traditional values, unemployment, and various land issues. The Western Desert covers an area of some 700,000 km2, thereby accounting for around two-thirds of Egypt's total land area. Dakhla Oasis is one of the seven oases of Egypt's Western Desert (part of the Libyan Desert). It lies in the New Valley Governorate, 350 km (220 mi.) and measures approximately 80 km (50 mi) from east to west and 25 km (16 mi) from north to south.
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  • Leaving footprints, a Bedouin walks away into desert sand dunes at al-Galamun, near Dahkla Oasis, Western Desert, Egypt. The past few decades have been difficult for traditional Bedouin culture due to changing surroundings and the establishment of new resort towns on the Red Sea coast, such as Sharm el-Sheikh. Bedouins in Egypt are facing a number of challenges: erosion of traditional values, unemployment, and various land issues. The Western Desert covers an area of some 700,000 km2, thereby accounting for around two-thirds of Egypt's total land area. Dakhla Oasis is one of the seven oases of Egypt's Western Desert (part of the Libyan Desert). It lies in the New Valley Governorate, 350 km (220 mi.) and measures approximately 80 km (50 mi) from east to west and 25 km (16 mi) from north to south. (
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  • A Bedouin in desert sand dunes at al-Galamun, near Dahkla Oasis, Western Desert, Egypt. The past few decades have been difficult for traditional Bedouin culture due to changing surroundings and the establishment of new resort towns on the Red Sea coast, such as Sharm el-Sheikh. Bedouins in Egypt are facing a number of challenges: erosion of traditional values, unemployment, and various land issues. The Western Desert covers an area of some 700,000 km2, thereby accounting for around two-thirds of Egypt's total land area. Dakhla Oasis is one of the seven oases of Egypt's Western Desert (part of the Libyan Desert). It lies in the New Valley Governorate, 350 km (220 mi.) and measures approximately 80 km (50 mi) from east to west and 25 km (16 mi) from north to south.
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  • A desert highway road sign for the Egyptian town of Bagdad (not to be confused with Baghdad, Iraq) between Luxor and al-Kharga, Western Desert, Egypt. The Western Desert covers an area of some 700,000 km2, thereby accounting for around two-thirds of Egypt's total land area. Dakhla Oasis is one of the seven oases of Egypt's Western Desert (part of the Libyan Desert). It lies in the New Valley Governorate, 350 km (220 mi.) and measures approximately 80 km (50 mi) from east to west and 25 km (16 mi) from north to south.
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  • A desert highway road sign for the Egyptian town of Bagdad (not to be confused with Baghdad, Iraq) between Luxor and al-Kharga, Western Desert, Egypt. The Western Desert covers an area of some 700,000 km2, thereby accounting for around two-thirds of Egypt's total land area. Dakhla Oasis is one of the seven oases of Egypt's Western Desert (part of the Libyan Desert). It lies in the New Valley Governorate, 350 km (220 mi.) and measures approximately 80 km (50 mi) from east to west and 25 km (16 mi) from north to south.
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  • An arid desert landscape of road distance and a mountain geology in Death Valley, on 18th May 1996, in Death Valley, California USA. Death Valley is a desert valley located in Eastern California, in the northern Mojave Desert bordering the Great Basin Desert. It is one of the hottest places in the world at the height of summertime along with deserts in the Middle East. Death Valleys Badwater Basin is the point of the lowest elevation in North America, at 282 feet 86 m below sea level.
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  • A Bedouin and his desert expedition 4x4 vehicle in sand dunes at al-Galamun, near Dahkla Oasis, Western Desert, Egypt. The past few decades have been difficult for traditional Bedouin culture due to changing surroundings and the establishment of new resort towns on the Red Sea coast, such as Sharm el-Sheikh. Bedouins in Egypt are facing a number of challenges: erosion of traditional values, unemployment, and various land issues. The Western Desert covers an area of some 700,000 km2, thereby accounting for around two-thirds of Egypt's total land area. Dakhla Oasis is one of the seven oases of Egypt's Western Desert (part of the Libyan Desert). It lies in the New Valley Governorate, 350 km (220 mi.) and measures approximately 80 km (50 mi) from east to west and 25 km (16 mi) from north to south.
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  • Human presence in the form of a drinks can and footprints left in the sand of dunes at al-Galamun, near Dahkla Oasis, Western Desert, Egypt. The Western Desert covers an area of some 700,000 km2, thereby accounting for around two-thirds of Egypt's total land area. Dakhla Oasis is one of the seven oases of Egypt's Western Desert (part of the Libyan Desert). It lies in the New Valley Governorate, 350 km (220 mi.) and measures approximately 80 km (50 mi) from east to west and 25 km (16 mi) from north to south.
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  • Human presence in the form of a drinks can and footprints left in the sand of dunes at al-Galamun, near Dahkla Oasis, Western Desert, Egypt. The Western Desert covers an area of some 700,000 km2, thereby accounting for around two-thirds of Egypt's total land area. Dakhla Oasis is one of the seven oases of Egypt's Western Desert (part of the Libyan Desert). It lies in the New Valley Governorate, 350 km (220 mi.) and measures approximately 80 km (50 mi) from east to west and 25 km (16 mi) from north to south.
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  • Rock formations eroded by wind over millions of years at al-Galamun, near Dahkla Oasis, Western Desert, Egypt. The Western Desert covers an area of some 700,000 km2, thereby accounting for around two-thirds of Egypt's total land area. Dakhla Oasis is one of the seven oases of Egypt's Western Desert (part of the Libyan Desert). It lies in the New Valley Governorate, 350 km (220 mi.) and measures approximately 80 km (50 mi) from east to west and 25 km (16 mi) from north to south.
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  • A bird of prey hangs from electrical wires after being killed by a local pigeon farmer, whose birds he is trying to protect at Dahkla Oasis, Western Desert, Egypt. Most birds including flamingos, stalks, cranes and all large birds of prey are protected under Egyptian law. The Western Desert covers an area of some 700,000 km2, thereby accounting for around two-thirds of Egypt's total land area. Dakhla Oasis is one of the seven oases of Egypt's Western Desert (part of the Libyan Desert).
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  • Human presence in the form of footprints left in the sand of dunes at al-Galamun, near Dahkla Oasis, Western Desert, Egypt. From the foreground where we see the ripples of the dune to the distance where the bootprints disappear over the edge, a person has walked off into the desolation and loneliness of the vast emptiness. The Western Desert covers an area of some 700,000 km2, thereby accounting for around two-thirds of Egypt's total land area. Dakhla Oasis is one of the seven oases of Egypt's Western Desert (part of the Libyan Desert). It lies in the New Valley Governorate, 350 km (220 mi.) and measures approximately 80 km (50 mi) from east to west and 25 km (16 mi) from north to south.
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  • Las Vegas suburban housing in the desert. The rapid population growth of las Vegas has led to a significant urbanization of desert lands into industrial and commercial areas, especially in the  Las Vegas Valley. The Valley is a 600 sq mile basin area that contains the largest concentration of people in the state. Having part of the region located in a desert basin creates issues with air quality from smog dust & pollen.
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  • Las Vegas suburban housing in the desert. The rapid population growth of las Vegas has led to a significant urbanization of desert lands into industrial and commercial areas, especially in the  Las Vegas Valley. The Valley is a 600 sq mile basin area that contains the largest concentration of people in the state. Having part of the region located in a desert basin creates issues with air quality from smog dust & pollen.
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  • Las Vegas suburban housing in the desert. The rapid population growth of las Vegas has led to a significant urbanization of desert lands into industrial and commercial areas, especially in the  Las Vegas Valley. The Valley is a 600 sq mile basin area that contains the largest concentration of people in the state. Having part of the region located in a desert basin creates issues with air quality from smog dust & pollen.
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  • A nomad man entertains guests from the desert in his tent in the Sahara Desert, Mauritania.
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  • A remote desert railway now missing its iron rails, stolen in the aftermath of the 2011 Egyptian revolution, near Bagdad, Kharga Oasis, Western Desert, Egypt. The desert lies in the New Valley Governorate, 350 km (220 mi.) and measures approximately 80 km (50 mi) from east to west and 25 km (16 mi) from north to south and is now patrolled by armed police convoys.
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  • El Dohous Village in El Dakhla, the southern oasis in the Western Desert of Egypt is run by the bedouin family Zeydan at Dahkla Oasis, Western Desert, Egypt. El Dohous is a desert hotel with domed bungalows for tourists visiting  western Egypt, approximately 500km from Luxor in the Nile Valley and owned by three Bedouin brothers from the Zeydan family and who continue the build more rooms when the tourism downturn ends.
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  • El Dohous Village in El Dakhla, the southern oasis in the Western Desert of Egypt is run by the bedouin family Zeydan at Dahkla Oasis, Western Desert, Egypt. El Dohous is a desert hotel with domed bungalows for tourists visiting  western Egypt, approximately 500km from Luxor in the Nile Valley and owned by three Bedouin brothers from the Zeydan family and who continue the build more rooms when the tourism downturn ends.
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  • A remote bus shelter in a desolate desert landscape near Bagdad, Kharga Oasis, Western Desert, Egypt. The desert lies in the New Valley Governorate, 350 km (220 mi.) and measures approximately 80 km (50 mi) from east to west and 25 km (16 mi) from north to south and is patrolled by armed police convoys.
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  • El Dohous Village in El Dakhla, the southern oasis in the Western Desert of Egypt is run by the bedouin family Zeydan at Dahkla Oasis, Western Desert, Egypt. El Dohous is a desert hotel with domed bungalows for tourists visiting  western Egypt, approximately 500km from Luxor in the Nile Valley and owned by three Bedouin brothers from the Zeydan family and who continue the build more rooms when the tourism downturn ends.
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  • A land rover drives through the worlds largest natural crater meassuring 40 x 10 Kms wide in the Negev desert, Israel.
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  • Sand dunes, surrounding Chinguetti, a town in the midst of the Sahara Desert in Mauritania.
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  • A sandstorm blows in the Saharan Desert that surrounds the ancient city of Chinguetti in Mauritania
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  • Fading, graduated light of the arid Sonoran desert shows the remains of airliners at the storage facility at Mojave, California, their silhouettes forming a line of aviation's by-gone era. Because of age or a cooling economy they are either cannibalised for still-working parts or recycled for scrap, their aluminium fuselages worth more than their sum total. After a lifetime of safe commercial flight, wings are clipped and cockpits sliced apart by huge guillotines, cutting through their once-magnificent engineering. Picture from the 'Plane Pictures' project, a celebration of aviation aesthetics and flying culture, 100 years after the Wright brothers first 12 seconds/120 feet powered flight at Kitty Hawk,1903.
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  • In mid-day heat of the arid Sonoran desert sits the gutted remains of a Lockheed Tri-Star airliner at the storage facility at Mojave, California. Here, the fate of the world’s retired civil airliners is decided by age or a cooling economy and are either cannibalised for still-working parts or recycled for scrap, their aluminium fuselages worth more than their sum total. After a lifetime of safe commercial flight, wings are clipped and cockpits sliced apart by huge guillotines, cutting through the sleek curves. Elsewhere, Jumbo jets, Airbuses and assorted Boeings sit abandoned in the scrub minus their bellies, legs or wings like dying birds. Picture from the 'Plane Pictures' project, a celebration of aviation aesthetics and flying culture, 100 years after the Wright brothers first 12 seconds/120 feet powered flight at Kitty Hawk,1903.
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  • Stones marking the Danakil desert road in Djibouti
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  • Wrecked car in the Kalahari desert near the Kagalagadi Transfrontier Park.
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  • Wrecked car in the Kalahari desert near the Kagalagadi Transfrontier Park.
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  • A remote police roadblock landscape near Bagdad, Kharga Oasis, Western Desert, Egypt. The desert lies in the New Valley Governorate, 350 km (220 mi.) and measures approximately 80 km (50 mi) from east to west and 25 km (16 mi) from north to south and is patrolled by armed police convoys.
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  • A woman toutist reads a map of the area, stopped by the side of highway 190 in Death Valley, California. A road sign warns of the bending road that skirts the arid area, dangerous for those caught without transport and water. Death Valley is a desert valley located in Eastern California. Situated within the Mojave Desert, it is the lowest and driest area in North America. Death Valley has the record highest recorded air temperature in the world. The valley received its English name in 1849 during the California Gold Rush and called Death Valley by prospectors.
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  • Two US Navy helicopters have been parked next to some cacti at the Pima Air and Space Museum near Davis Monthan Air Force base, Tucson, Arizona. In the arid desert heat we see only the rear sections of the aircraft, their rotors have been moved into a storage position and so echo the arm-like form and camouflaged tones of the cactus branches. The ground is sandy from the desert floor and soft, overhead light casts a shadow beneath the aircraft's fuselage. Picture from the 'Plane Pictures' project, a celebration of aviation aesthetics and flying culture, 100 years after the Wright brothers first 12 seconds/120 feet powered flight at Kitty Hawk,1903.
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  • Workers uproot indigenous desert plants to make room for a new flower bed close to a densely built residential apartment development near the Kangbashi New District of Ordos City, Inner Mongolia, China on 16 August, 2011. With an investment of over 161billion USD from the local government and revenue from the region's rich coal deposits, enough buildings have risen on the site of an old desert village to hold at least 300,000 residents, complete with ultra modern facilities and grand plazas. The district however is less than 10% occupied, dubbed the "ghost city", Kangbashi epitomizes China's real estate bubble and dangers in mindless investment fueled economic  growth. In 2011, the real estate price of Ordos city has dropped over 70%.
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  • A new bridge and road leading into the surrounding desert near Kangbashi New District of Ordos City, Inner Mongolia, China on 16 August, 2011. With an investment of over 161billion USD from the local government and revenue from the region's rich coal deposits, enough buildings have risen on the site of an old desert village to hold at least 300,000 residents, complete with ultra modern facilities and grand plazas. The district however is less than 10% occupied, dubbed the "ghost city", Kangbashi epitomizes China's real estate bubble and dangers in mindless investment fueled economic  growth. In 2011, the real estate price of Ordos city has dropped over 70%.
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  • Workers uproot indigenous desert plants to make room for a new flower bed close to a densely built residential apartment development near the Kangbashi New District of Ordos City, Inner Mongolia, China on 16 August, 2011. With an investment of over 161billion USD from the local government and revenue from the region's rich coal deposits, enough buildings have risen on the site of an old desert village to hold at least 300,000 residents, complete with ultra modern facilities and grand plazas. The district however is less than 10% occupied, dubbed the "ghost city", Kangbashi epitomizes China's real estate bubble and dangers in mindless investment fueled economic  growth. In 2011, the real estate price of Ordos city has dropped over 70%.
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  • The Sultan of the Air region in northern Niger, which includes the city of Agadez, surrounded by his entourage. The Sultanate of Agadez, also known as Tenere Sultanate of Air was a Berber kingdom centered in the city of Agadez in the Aïr Mountains, located at the southern edge of the Sahara Desert in north central Niger. It was founded in 1449 by the Tuareg. The kingdom was later conquered by the Songhai Empire in 1500. After the defeat of Songhai in 1591, the sultanate regained its independence. It experienced a steep decline in population and economic activity during the 17th century. The kingdom was later conquered by the French in 1900. .
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  • Outside the Palace Theatre in the heart of London's West End Theatreland is the giant stilletto shoe above the sign for the muiscal of Priscilla Queen of the Desert.
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  • A root covered by sand in the Sahara Desert, Mauritania.
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  • Aerial view of Al Fasher (also spelled, Al-Fashir) the front-line town in north Darfur during a tribal war resulting from colonial land-use. Basic housing is seen against the barren and scorched red earth in this area of south-western Sudan. The Sahara is the world's largest hot desert. At over 9,000,000 square kilometers (3,500,000 sq mi), it covers most of Northern Africa, making it almost as large as the United States or the continent of Europe.
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  • Aerial view of Al Fasher (also spelled, Al-Fashir) the front-line town in north Darfur during a tribal war resulting from colonial land-use. Basic housing is seen against the barren and scorched red earth in this area of south-western Sudan. The Sahara is the world's largest hot desert. At over 9,000,000 square kilometers (3,500,000 sq mi), it covers most of Northern Africa, making it almost as large as the United States or the continent of Europe.
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  • The wrecked remains of a Curtiss C-46 Commando WW2-era transport aircraft awaiting salvage or recycling in the desert airfield of Davis Monthan in Tucson, Arizona. The Curtiss C-46 Commando is a transport aircraft originally derived from a commercial high-altitude airliner design. It was instead used as a military transport during World War II by the United States Army Air Forces as well as the U.S. Navy/Marine Corps under the designation R5C. Known to the men who flew them as "The Whale," the "Curtiss Calamity," the "plumber's nightmare" and the "flying coffin," At the time of its production, the C-46 was the largest twin-engine aircraft in the world, and the largest and heaviest twin-engine aircraft to see service in World War II.
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  • In mid-day heat of the arid Arizona desert sit the remains of a Boeing airliner and a US Navy fighter jet and engines stacked  at the storage facility at Davis Monthan, Tucson. Here, the fate of the world’s retired civil airliners and military aircraft are decided by age or a cooling economy and are either cannibalised for still-working parts or recycled for scrap, their aluminium fuselages worth more than their sum total. After a lifetime of safe flight, wings are clipped and cockpits sliced apart by huge guillotines, cutting through their once-magnificant engineering. Picture from the 'Plane Pictures' project, a celebration of aviation aesthetics and flying culture, 100 years after the Wright brothers first 12 seconds/120 feet powered flight at Kitty Hawk,1903.
    aviation_graveyard07-16-03-2008_1.jpg
  • In mid-day heat of the arid Sonoran desert sit the remains of a Boeing 747 airliner at the storage facility at Mojave, California. Here, the fate of the world’s retired civil airliners is decided by age or a cooling economy and are either cannibalised for still-working parts or recycled for scrap, their aluminium fuselages worth more than their sum total. After a lifetime of safe commercial flight, wings are clipped and cockpits sliced apart by huge guillotines, cutting through their once-magnificant engineering. Picture from the 'Plane Pictures' project, a celebration of aviation aesthetics and flying culture, 100 years after the Wright brothers first 12 seconds/120 feet powered flight at Kitty Hawk,1903.
    aviation_graveyard02-16-03-2008-15-0...jpg
  • In mid-day heat of the arid Sonoran desert sit the remains of Boeing 747 airliners at the storage facility at Mojave, California. Here, the fate of the world’s retired civil airliners is decided by age or a cooling economy and are either cannibalised for still-working parts or recycled for scrap, their aluminium fuselages worth more than their sum total. After a lifetime of safe commercial flight, wings are clipped and cockpits sliced apart by huge guillotines, cutting through their once-magnificant engineering. Picture from the 'Plane Pictures' project, a celebration of aviation aesthetics and flying culture, 100 years after the Wright brothers first 12 seconds/120 feet powered flight at Kitty Hawk,1903.
    aviation_corbis40-15-08-1998_1.jpg
  • Seen from the air at dawn, the last remaining B-52 bombers from the Cold War-era are laid out in grids across the arid desert near Tucson Arizona. These retired aircraft whose air frames are too old for flight are being recycled, their aluminium worth more than their sum total. In the nuclear arms treaties of the 80s, Soviet satellites proved their decommissioning by spying the tails had been sliced apart huge guillotines and set at right-angles. This is a scene of confrontation, with opposing forces apparently facing each other in the way that Soviet and western armies fought the war of propaganda. Picture from the 'Plane Pictures' project, a celebration of aviation aesthetics and flying culture, 100 years after the Wright brothers first 12 seconds/120 feet powered flight at Kitty Hawk,1903.
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  • Awaiting recycling are the tails of various Air Force and National Guard of jet fighter aircraft, now junked in the arid desert, on 15th August 1998, at Davis Monthan Air Force Base, Tucson, Arizona, USA.
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  • Awaiting recycling and destruction are Boeing B-52 bombers from the Cold War era, now aluminium junk in the arid desert, on 15th August 1998, at Davis Monthan Air Force Base, Tucson, Arizona, USA.
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  • Awaiting recycling and destruction are Boeing B-52 bombers from the Cold War era, now aluminium junk in the arid desert, on 15th August 1998, at Davis Monthan Air Force Base, Tucson, Arizona, USA.
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  • Awaiting recycling and destruction are Boeing B-52 bombers from the Cold War era, now aluminium junk in the arid desert, on 15th August 1998, at Davis Monthan Air Force Base, Tucson, Arizona, USA.
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  • Awaiting recycling are the propellers of now-retired in the arid desert, on 15th August 1998, at Davis Monthan Air Force Base, Tucson, Arizona, USA.
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  • A view of new apartment developments rising from the desert on the outskirts of Yulin, Shaanxi Province, China on 14 August, 2011. Like many coal rich regions in China's arid northwest, a vast amount of mineral wealth has been re-invested into the local economy in the form of speculative real estate ventures, creating hundreds of new cities that claims few real residents.
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  • A view of new apartment developments rising from the desert on the outskirts of Yulin, Shaanxi Province, China on 14 August, 2011. Like many coal rich regions in China's arid northwest, a vast amount of mineral wealth has been re-invested into the local economy in the form of speculative real estate ventures, creating hundreds of new cities that claims few real residents.
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  • A view of new apartment developments rising from the desert on the outskirts of Yulin, Shaanxi Province, China on 14 August, 2011. Like many coal rich regions in China's arid northwest, a vast amount of mineral wealth has been re-invested into the local economy in the form of speculative real estate ventures, creating hundreds of new cities that claims few real residents.
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  • A small construction crew lays water pipes in the middle of the desert leading towards a new apartment development on the outskirts of Yulin, Shaanxi Province, China on 14 August, 2011. Like many coal rich regions in China's arid northwest, a vast amount of mineral wealth has been re-invested into the local economy in the form of speculative real estate ventures, creating hundreds of new cities that claims few real residents.
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  • A view of new apartment developments rising from the desert on the outskirts of Yulin, Shaanxi Province, China on 14 August, 2011. Like many coal rich regions in China's arid northwest, a vast amount of mineral wealth has been re-invested into the local economy in the form of speculative real estate ventures, creating hundreds of new cities that claims few real residents.
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  • A small construction crew lays water pipes in the middle of the desert leading towards a new apartment development on the outskirts of Yulin, Shaanxi Province, China on 14 August, 2011. Like many coal rich regions in China's arid northwest, a vast amount of mineral wealth has been re-invested into the local economy in the form of speculative real estate ventures, creating hundreds of new cities that claims few real residents.
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  • A small construction crew lays water pipes in the middle of the desert leading towards a new apartment development on the outskirts of Yulin, Shaanxi Province, China on 14 August, 2011. Like many coal rich regions in China's arid northwest, a vast amount of mineral wealth has been re-invested into the local economy in the form of speculative real estate ventures, creating hundreds of new cities that claims few real residents.
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  • A small construction crew lays water pipes in the middle of the desert leading towards a new apartment development on the outskirts of Yulin, Shaanxi Province, China on 14 August, 2011. Like many coal rich regions in China's arid northwest, a vast amount of mineral wealth has been re-invested into the local economy in the form of speculative real estate ventures, creating hundreds of new cities that claims few real residents.
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  • A small construction crew lays water pipes in the middle of the desert leading towards a new apartment development on the outskirts of Yulin, Shaanxi Province, China on 14 August, 2011. Like many coal rich regions in China's arid northwest, a vast amount of mineral wealth has been re-invested into the local economy in the form of speculative real estate ventures, creating hundreds of new cities that claims few real residents.
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  • Driving a 4 x4 though the desert. Salar Uyuni salt flats and Eduardo Avaroa national park, south western Bolivia
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  • Path stretching off into thr distance in the desert. Salar Uyuni salt flats and Eduardo Avaroa national park, south western Bolivia
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  • Bolivian man fixing a 4 x 4 in the desert. Salar Uyuni salt flats and Eduardo Avaroa national park, south western Bolivia
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  • Derelict resturant in desert on the South Highway, Amargosa.
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  • Water tanks in the desert outside Palm Springs--which gets just 5 inches of rain annually gets up to 120-degree Farenheit temperatures most summers--sits atop a vast sea of ground water, which has been carefully managed and now insulates the city from the effects of drought.
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  • Well watered garden in Palm Springs, California, a state that is suffering it's worst drought since 1950 with water levels in the spring of 2015 only 5% of the average. For the first time ever, towns and cities will face a mandatory 25 percent cut in their water use. The owner is getting a federal rebate to remove his lawns and create a desert scape.
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  • In fading afternoon sunlight, after the mid-day heat of the arid Sonoran desert are the remains of TWA Boeing 747s and McDonnell Douglas DC-10 airliners which sit as if in a take-off queue at the storage facility at Mojave airport, California. Here, the fate of the world’s retired civil airliners is decided by age or a cooling economy and are either cannibalised for still-working parts or recycled for scrap, their aluminium fuselages worth more than their sum total. After a lifetime of safe commercial flight, wings are clipped and cockpits sliced apart by huge guillotines, cutting through their once-magnificent engineering. Picture from the 'Plane Pictures' project, a celebration of aviation aesthetics and flying culture, 100 years after the Wright brothers first 12 seconds/120 feet powered flight at Kitty Hawk, 1903.
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  • In mid-day heat of the arid Sonoran desert sit the remains of a Boeing airliner sat the storage facility at Mojave, California. Here, the fate of the world’s retired civil airliners is decided by age or a cooling economy and are either cannibalised for still-working parts or recycled for scrap, their aluminium fuselages worth more than their sum total. After a lifetime of safe commercial flight, wings are clipped and cockpits sliced apart by huge guillotines, cutting through their once-magnificant engineering. Picture from the 'Plane Pictures' project, a celebration of aviation aesthetics and flying culture, 100 years after the Wright brothers first 12 seconds/120 feet powered flight at Kitty Hawk,1903.
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  • In the heat and dust of the arid Sonoran desert are the remains of a Boeing 747 cockpit at the storage facility at Mojave, California. The wiring of the now-extinct flight engineer's console is a jumble of old technology. Either by age or cooling economy airliners are either cannibalised for still-working parts or recycled for scrap, their aluminium fuselages worth more than their sum total. Elsewhere, assorted aircraft wrecks sit abandoned in the scrub minus their bellies, legs or wings like dying birds. After a lifetime of safe commercial flight, wings are clipped and cockpits sliced apart by huge guillotines, cutting through their once-magnificent engineering. Picture from the 'Plane Pictures' project, a celebration of aviation aesthetics and flying culture, 100 years after the Wright brothers first 12 seconds/120 feet powered flight at Kitty Hawk,1903.
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  • Awaiting re-use or recycling are F-16 fighter jets, sealed up against the dust in the arid desert, on 15th August 1998, at Davis Monthan Air Force Base, Tucson, Arizona, USA.
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  • Awaiting recycling are the undercariage and landing gear  of now-retired in the arid desert, on 15th August 1998, at Davis Monthan Air Force Base, Tucson, Arizona, USA.
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  • A small construction crew lays water pipes in the middle of the desert leading towards a new apartment development on the outskirts of Yulin, Shaanxi Province, China on 14 August, 2011. Like many coal rich regions in China's arid northwest, a vast amount of mineral wealth has been re-invested into the local economy in the form of speculative real estate ventures, creating hundreds of new cities that claims few real residents.
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  • Rural Street signs for a party at the start of a turnoff on route 247 along a Californian Desert road
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  • Blue cover on water mains in the desert soil of Pioneer Town, California. Water levels in the spring of 2015 was only 5 Percent of historic average, the lowest since 1950.
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  • A waiter brings the cleansing fruit desert into the dining room. Quanjude roast duck restaurant in Wangfujing, Beijing. This is a Chinese restaurant known for its trademark Peking Roast Duck and is known for being the best roast duck restaurant in China. Quanjude was established in 1864 during the Qing Dynasty under the reign of the Tongzhi Emperor. Although Peking Duck can trace its history many centuries back, Quanjude's heritage of roast duck preparation - using open ovens and non-smoky hardwood fuel such as Chinese date, peach, or pear to add a subtle fruity flavor with a golden crisp to the skin, was originally reserved for the imperial families.
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  • Desert planted garden in Palm Springs, California, a state that is suffering it's worst drought since 1950. Water levels in the spring of 2015 are only 5% of the average. For the first time ever, towns and cities in California will face a mandatory 25 percent cut in their water use.
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  • The Sultan of the Air region in northern Niger, which includes the city of Agadez, surrounded by his entourage. The Sultanate of Agadez, also known as Tenere Sultanate of Air was a Berber kingdom centered in the city of Agadez in the Aïr Mountains, located at the southern edge of the Sahara Desert in north central Niger. It was founded in 1449 by the Tuareg. The kingdom was later conquered by the Songhai Empire in 1500. After the defeat of Songhai in 1591, the sultanate regained its independence. It experienced a steep decline in population and economic activity during the 17th century. The kingdom was later conquered by the French in 1900. .
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  • The Adrar mountain range, Mauritania. .The Adrar is a highland area of the Sahara Desert in northern Mauritania. It was heavily settled in the Neolithic era, but is known now for its gorges and shifting sand dunes.
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  • Military jet fighter engines awaiting recycling for scrap value in arid desert at Davis Monthan facility, Tucson, Arizona.  A landscape of old technology, the relics of former wars and air supremacy now reduced to aluminium and sprayed IDs. Jet pipes and power plants, the energy to get multi-million aircraft into the air to attack or defend territory and culture. These retired aircraft engines whose air frames are too old for flight are being stored then recycled, their aluminium worth more than their sum total at this repository for old military fighter and bomber aircraft.
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  • A farming family tend onions and other vegetables in fertile fields where agriculture is important for survival, at Bedhal in Dahkla Oasis, Western Desert, Egypt where the availability of water determines the agricultural economic life in an oasis village. Dakhla Oasis consists of several communities, along a string of sub-oases. The main settlements are Mut (more fully Mut el-Kharab and anciently called Mothis), El-Masara, Al-Qasr, Qalamoun, together with several smaller villages. Some of the communities have identities that are separate from each other. Qalamoun has inhabitants that trace their origins to the Ottomans.
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  • Portrait of a farming family standing in front of date palms in fertile fields where agriculture is important for survival, at Bedhal near Dahkla Oasis, Western Desert, Egypt where the availability of water determines the agricultural economic life in an oasis village. Dakhla Oasis consists of several communities, along a string of sub-oases. The main settlements are Mut (more fully Mut el-Kharab and anciently called Mothis), El-Masara, Al-Qasr, Qalamoun, together with several smaller villages. Some of the communities have identities that are separate from each other. Qalamoun has inhabitants that trace their origins to the Ottomans.
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  • A farmer walks under date palms in fertile fields where agriculture is important for survival, at Bedhal near Dahkla Oasis, Western Desert, Egypt where the availability of water determines the agricultural economic life in an oasis village. Dakhla Oasis consists of several communities, along a string of sub-oases. The main settlements are Mut (more fully Mut el-Kharab and anciently called Mothis), El-Masara, Al-Qasr, Qalamoun, together with several smaller villages. Some of the communities have identities that are separate from each other. Qalamoun has inhabitants that trace their origins to the Ottomans.
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  • A family works fertile fields where agriculture is important for survival, at Bedhal at Dahkla Oasis, Western Desert, Egypt where the availability of water determines the agricultural economic life in an oasis village. Dakhla Oasis consists of several communities, along a string of sub-oases. The main settlements are Mut (more fully Mut el-Kharab and anciently called Mothis), El-Masara, Al-Qasr, Qalamoun, together with several smaller villages. Some of the communities have identities that are separate from each other. Qalamoun has inhabitants that trace their origins to the Ottomans.
    egypt491-08-03-2016_1.jpg
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