Ethiopia: Danakil Council Under A Lava Rock

In Ethiopia’s Danakil Depression, a small group of Danakil nomads holds a council under a rock. One of the men holds a goat by a rope.

     The Danakil Depression, part of the Great Rift Valley, is the world’s hottest region. It’s an inferno of active volcanoes, black lava fields as far as the eyes can see, vast salt lakes, and sulfur sources whose oxidation from yellow to green and brown are among this phenomenon’s few colors. And yet, it is of gripping beauty.

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Niger: Wodaabe Nomads’ Love For Their Cattle Is Reciprocated

The Wodaabe nomads of Niger’s Sahel treat and love their zebus like pets, giving each of them a name. They raise them for status, not for the butcher. Which is why this cow acts like a dog, licking its owner. Like dogs, too, Wodaabe zebus follow their owners on the march like children following a teacher. They cause no need to be prodded from behind.

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Algeria: Biskra Street Scene

Algeria’s Biskra’s deep shade that hid me while I shot the 1969 picture of my last post allowed me this second shot.

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Algeria: Biskra's light And Shadow

Street scene in Algeria’s Biskra.

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Algeria: A Ghardaia Oasis Busy Street

While the Sahara Desert’s sun shines brightly outside, a street of Algeria’s Ghardaia Oasis is shaded by wide pieces of fabric stretching between walls. The blue sky bathes the street in its own color.

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Algerian Sahara: Irrigating A Palm Grove

 In Algeria’s Kerzaz Oasis, a Harratin man pulls water from a deep well with a bucket balanced by poles weighed down with stones at their ends. He pours the water into a metallic canal that irrigates the palm grove surrounding him.

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Algeria. Shawia Berber Courtyard in Aurès Mountains

A courtyard separates several Shawia Berber houses in Algeria’s Aurès Mountains, part of the Saharan Atlas.

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Algeria: Magnificent Sahara

Ahaggar Mountains in Algeria’s Sahara Desert, the perfect region to find one's soul. Once, for a month, I explored it on a camel with a Tuareg companion.

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Chad: N’Djamena Bazaar

A 1973 photograph of N’Djamena, Chad’s capital. A man drops a coin in the hand of a seated beggar. Bazaar shops are shaded from the scorching sun by covered walkways.

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Indonesia: Prambanan Hindu Temple At Dusk

The blue light of dusk bathes Prambanan, a ninth-century Hindu temple and UNESCO World Heritage Site near Jogjakarta, in Indonesia’s Java Island. A volcano looms in the distance.

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