View of the limestone cliffs ... Africa

View of the limestone cliffs ... AfricaView of the limestone cliffs of Jebel Hafeet [Jabal Hafit] mountain. In the foreground a steep wall of limestone rises into a high peak at the far left. The cliff wall is marked with vertical striations. In the foreground boulders and shale sit at the bottom of the cliff. Wilfred Thesiger spent a week on Jebel Hafeet [Jabal Hafit] hunting Arabian Tahr [Hemitragus jayakari] with Arab and Bedouin guides in April 1948. Due to the nature of these images,

In the background one storey buildings and beached dhows (sailboats) line the shore

with a river in the distance

View of landscape in the Wadi Jarsis in the Jabal Qara mountains

These Hopi settlements

sitting under a canopy

In the right foreground gas or cans sit on the balcony of a shop

beside a hooded peregrine falcon perched on a mangalah (cuff)

A teenaged boy with short hair stands on a Dubai street in front of a stucco wall

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party resting in camp at (or near) Habarut [Habrut]

a short distance from the end

Behind the watchtower

The mesa is composed of solid sandstone and its summit embraces an area of about one-half mile