View of exposed bedrock in ... Size:small

View of exposed bedrock in ... Size:smallView of exposed bedrock in Al Dhafra sands of the Rub' al Khali. In the foreground a bare sand dune slopes steeply down to into a depression. Exposed sandstone sits above the sand floor of the depression. Behind it a clump of plants grow on the side of the dune, beyond which more dunes rise in the far distance. This image was taken during Wilfred Thesiger's journey from Al Ain to Liwa oasis, Al Dhafra and Baynunah sands in November and December 1948.

In the background is a large herd of camels

In the distance beyond a few clusters of vegetation grow amongst rolling dunes

stands in camp beneath a tree

One man leads his camels down on foot

Monks blowing ceremonial trumpets or radung from the roof of the Chakpori Medical College

In the background the dune continues into the distance

A few houses have a barjeel (wind tower) on their roof

where the mountain Jabal Hafit (Jebel Hafeet) rises high above the plain

The dunes stretch from the foreground into the far distance

A line of tracks leads from the near foreground across a vast dune slope to into the distance

The men are sitting in the sand cutting chunks of meat into small pieces

The village is one of the finest and most perfect in the whole system of pueblos