Deserts Collection

Hotel Little Lake, Little Lake California
Hotel Little Lake, Little Lake, California, America

Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). La destruccio del bosc es la destruccio de l'economia (Destruction of the forest is the destruction of economy). Poster edited by the Generalitat of Catalunya

Singing in the desert! Date: 1930s

Gloster Gladiator 2
RAF 33 Squadron Pilot Walking Away from a Gloster Gladiator 2 at Mersa Matruh in Eqypt During WW2 Date: 1940

LIBYA. Tadrart Acacus. Depiction of a hunting scene (circa 1500 BC). Neolithic art. Cave

Egypt - Acacia tree in Arabian desert. approx. 50 km from Hurghada town

Egypt - Palm trees near ancient water-well. Mountains in Arabian desert approx. 50 km from Hurghada town

View of the Oasis in Ghardaia, Algeria
General view of the Oasis in Ghardaia, Algeria. Date: circa 1910s

Common Wonder / Frog-eyed Gecko (Teratoscincus scincus). Central Karakum desert - Turkmenistan - former CIS - Spring - April

Darkling Beetle - burrowing in the sand to escape heat of the day (Sympiezocnemis gigantea). sand dunes of Karakum desert - Turkmenistan - Spring - April

Flowering parasitic plants Orobanchaceae sp. (Orobanchaceae sp.). Karakum desert sand dunes - Saxaul trees (Haloxylon sp) Kopetdag mountains on background - Turkmenistan - former CIS - Spring - April

Egypt - A Bedouin old man in traditional clothes walks in the Arabian desert at midday. 50 km from Hurghada town

Karakum / Qaraqum / Kara Kum / Garagum Canal - water comes from water pump in sluices. goes along Kopet-Dag Mountain Range - Turkmenistan - Spring - April

Common Wonder Gecko / Frog-eyed Gecko - looks for prey under a bush in sand dunes - licks his eye to prevent it from drying - feeds mostly on insects (Teratoscincus scincus)

A group of mice feeding in the desert
Mus condilor. Gould. A group of mice feeding in the desert. From: Narrative of an expedition into central Australia Date: 1849

Women in front of the site of Palmyra, Syria
Two native women, one of them carrying a basket on her head, walking from the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Palmyra in central Syria

Sand dunes of the Sahara
Two nomads and their camels, stand amidst a vast expanse of sand dunes in the Sahara Desert, North Africa. Date: circa 1910s

The sea of sand, Biskra
The dunes of an erg in Biskra province. Date: circa 1910s

Landscape and People, Sahara, North Africa
At an oasis in an area of the Sahara, nomadic women and children rest with their camels. Date: circa 1910s

Tribe of Nomads en route
Tribe of Nomads travelling through the Sahara Desert, North Africa. Date: circa 1910s

Passage of Col de Sfa in Biskra, Algeria
Nomads stand with their camels whilst travelling through the passage Col de Sfa in the deserts of Biskra, Algeria. Biskra was a French garrison town, known for its Saharan oasis. Date: circa 1910s

Around Gharda Melika
A man stands in a Saharan landscape in the town of Melika. A small town in the Gharda province. circa 1910s

Humorous overweight tourist on a donkey
An overweight woman been propped up by two Egyptian men, as she takes a ride on a bowed legged donkey to see the Pyramids. Date: 1908

General view of the ruins of Palmyra, Syria
General view of the ruins of Palmyra, heritage site in Syria. Date: circa 1920

SYRIA. Palmira. Great Colonnade. In the background, the Castle of Qalaat ibn Maan. Roman art. Early Empire

Libya. Tadrart Acacus. Archaeology
LIBYA. Tadrart Acacus. Representation of a village (12.000-8000 a.C.). Neolithic art. Cave

Agama / Agamid Lizard - camouflaged by sand pattern on its back (Agamidae sp.). sand dunes of Central Karakum desert - Turkmenistan - Spring - April

Flowering parasitic plants - sand dunes of Central Karakum desert - spring (Orobanchaceae sp.). Kopetdag mountains on horizon - Turkmenistan - April

Toad - in sand dunes of Central Karakum desert at night (Bufo sp.). Turkmenistan - Spring - April

Toad - at night - sand dunes of Central Karakum desert (Bufo sp.). Turkmenistan - Spring - April

Darkling Beetle - runs for a cover after feeding at dawn (Sympiezocnemis gigantea). sand dunes of Central Karacum desert - Turkmenistan - Spring - April

Darkling Beetle - crosses tracks of other similar beetles (Sympiezocnemis gigantea). sand dunes of Karakum desert - Turkmenistan - Spring - March

Weevil beetle - on dry branch of a Saxaul bush - Central Karakum desert (Curculionidae sp.). Turkmenistan - Spring - April

Ground Beetle - sand dunes of Central Karakum desert (Scarites sp.). Turkmenistan - Spring - April

Cockchafer Beetle (close relative of May bug) - adult female - at night (Chioneosoma komarovi ). Central Karakum desert - hides in Saxaul bush during mating period - waiting for a male to come flying

Toadheaded Agamid Lizard - uses its camouflage colouring to hide - presses itself into the sand (Phrynocephalus mistaceus). sand dunes of Karakum desert - Turkmenistan - Spring - April

Darkling Beetle - in the evening (Sternodes caspicus Pallas). Turkmenistan - Central Karakum Desert - Spring - April

Darkling Beetle - emerges from day shelter in sand where he buries itself to escape heat of the day (Sympiezocnemis gigantea). sand dunes of Karakum desert - Turkmenistan - Spring - March

Agama / Agamid Lizard - sand dunes of Karakum desert (Agamidae sp.). Turkmenistan - Spring - April

Darkling Beetle - runs in sand dunes of Karakum desert in the evening (Sternodes caspicus Pallas). Turkmenistan - Central Karakum Desert - Spring - April

Owlet moth caterpillar - in a bush at night feeding on bush foliage (Noctuidae sp.). Karakum desert - Turkmenistan - Spring - April

Weevil - on Tamarisk (Tamaricaceae sp. ) beetle
Weevil - on Tamarisk (Tamaricaceae sp.) beetle feeds on tamarisk plant (Curculionidae sp.). near Karakum canal - Turkmenistan - Spring - April

Saxaul Trees - on wind-shaped sand dunes (Haloxylon sp.). Karakum desert - Turkmenistan - Spring - April

Darkling Beetle - along with various prints left on sand after night activity of beetles, lizards and jerboa (Sympiezocnemis gigantea)

Saxaul trees and a mixture of other trees and bushes - on wind-shaped sand dune (Haloxylon sp.). Karakum desert - Turkmenistan - Spring - April

Sand dunes in a wind - Karakum desert encroach on a road. near Kumdag - Turkmenistan - former CIS - Spring - April

White Saxaul trees - on sand dunes with tracks of insects - track in foreground ends with a small sand bump where a large darkling beetle has hidden itself during the day heat (Haloxylon persicum)

Darkling Beetle - feeds on plants near Karakum water-canal (Blaps sp.). Turkmenistan - Spring - April

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