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Copyright: Philippe BUFFARD (cobraphil8) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1750 W: 978 N: 1860] (11226)
Genre: People
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2001-12
Categories: Transportation
Camera: Minolta Dynax 500si, Sigma 28-80 mm, Fuji Sensia 100
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2006-07-20 4:59
Viewed: 1430
Points: 12
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note [French]
During a one week trek in Mauritania in 2001, we had had exceptional heats for the season... (40°c in the shade).
We had arrived at Atar by plane and then of the desert and the sandstone plates.


Here a small resting pause even if the shade of a accacia would have been very appreciated, we were here on a part of the plate of Adrar.

Adrar is a sandstone solid mass 300 km length which one can see cliffs since Atar. The plate is a stone chaos intersected with punctuated wadis of oasis (El Abiod, Timinit).

In the south, the plate declines under the ergs Amatlich and Eklewa. Little attended, they present beautiful fair dunes and oases as one imagines them in the dreams, true places of serenity, jewel cases of greenery nested in the medium of a sea of sand: Gleïtat, El Berbera, Tergit...

In the east the plate disappears under the dunes from the Ouarane erg; it is there that are the oasis cities of Ouadane and Chingetti, and astonishing it crater by Guelb er Richât which a long time made dream Theodore Monod: crater 40 km in diameter made up
of concentric circles; it was believed a long time that it acted of a crater formed by the fall of a meteorite; in fact, it is the result of a fallen through volcano not having succeeded in boring the earth's crust.

In north of Adrar, the Makteir erg is a dune river which threads in the circus of El Beyyedh, carves its engravings and comes to die in the feet of the Aderg Mount.

Information taken on the site:
http://www.edelo.net/sahara/mauritanie.htm



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Très bonne note Philippe et une photo plus qu'intéressante. Je suis étonné de voir à quel point le sol est caillouteux. J'aurais bien aimé savoir dans quelle circonstance tu avais pris cette photo. Amusant le mélange qui se crée entre les bédouins et les touristes, deux groupes qui entourent les chameaux (une ou deux bosses là ?).

Izo

Salut Philippe,
Une photo d'aventure. Tous ont l'air éprouvé par la marche dans la chaleur. Le sol est impressionnant, bien composé.
Amicalement,
Fabrice

Very nice composition. I like the POV and the position of the camels. Nice clarity and contrast.

Hi Philippe,
wow so at least somewhere is more hot than here :))
Great picture, it so sharp!
I can feel the heat up there.. :)
Vero

Salut Philippe,
cela a dû être une belle expérience humaine... je tenterai sûrement jamais car les grosses chaleurs c'est pas mon truc... par contre l'Islande oui!
On ressent bien la sensation de grosse chaleur sur les personnes.
Une bonne photo documentaire.
Fred

Hi Philippe,
very interesting capture and I love the expressions of the two animals!
good job!

Vivi

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