Farms at S A H A R A, a photo from Al Kufrah, East

Photographer's Note

Great Man Made River Project
Muammer Gaddafi was certainly a visionary who took on a variety of projects in his career. One of the more contentious has been the Great Man Made River that has piped water over thousands of miles from great underground deposits in the southern deserts to the various towns of Libya and in particular along the coastal belt where 90% of the population resides. Rapid development of coastal areas and increased population have placed a severe strain on the coastal water supply. On completion of the project fresh water will be readily avaliable in most Libyan towns with plenty more available for irrigation.

The project had been put forward much earlier than the Gaddafi period but had been rejected as it might affect the watertable. Some now attribute the drying up of the Ubari Lakes and various waterholes to the side effects of the project.

Started in 1980 the Great Man-Made River project is the largest engineering scheme currently being carried out in the world. The 4-meter diameter pipe is about 1600 km long transfers about 6.5 million cubic meters of per day. Since 1990, UNESCO has been contributing to the training of engineers and technicians and the setting up of a training center.

2007 Now they have water in sahara desert and they have farms there , whic is working with this kind of electric motor and turn around the circle of farm
You must see this is very interesting

abulafia, saylan-cb, Nicou, metek, cezar, ALIRIZA, cunejo200, stego, Ertan, jmcl, ChrisJ, jaywalker, bostankorkulugu, evanrizo, adores, rigoletto, tigra, kevinos, snunney, gunbud, izler, hay_kes, John_F_Kennedy, sabyasachi1212, abozdemir, sufi, berek, mserter, Shoot_Score, jonathan_hart, etlerl, andante has marked this note useful

Critiques | Translate

abulafia (4900) 2007-02-11 13:45

Hello Cuneyt
Nice shot of this sprinkler! i have seen aerial shots of these from other parts of the dessert, and it looks quite interesting with the round fields they create.
I like the mist in the air, and the sharpness is very good, we can even make out the tiny droplets coming from the end of the sprinkler.
Nice one
Harry

metek (2997) 2007-02-11 13:47

Merhaba Cüneyt
guzel kare , anlamlı ve harika
açıklama da guzel olmuş
tebrikler
selamlar

saylan-cb (12738) 2007-02-11 13:49

Çölde yeşil bir alan görmek ne güzel,sulama sistemini bu kadar şık yansıtan sevimli bir oyuncak misalı...Enteresan bir o kadarda güzel
Eline,gözüne,yüreğine sağlık.
Sevgiler/Selamlar

ALIRIZA (16419) 2007-02-11 14:56

Merhaba Cüneyt Abi,
Bu ne? İlginç bir çalışma. Renkler ve ışık harika. Ellerine sağlık...
Selamlar...
Ali Rıza

cunejo200 (7281) 2007-02-11 17:04

Cuneyt, You have a great collection of photos in your gallery. Good capture of the farm irigation system. You have included appealing geometric designs in the comp. Greetings! Danilo

Ertan (2988) 2007-02-11 17:57

Merhaba Cüneyt Abi.
Ilginc ve degisik calisma.ve ayrica bilgilendirici konu.Kum ortasinda gordugumuz yesilligi ancak bu fotoyla anlatilabilirdi.Ellerine saglik.
Ertan

jmcl (14535) 2007-02-11 23:47

Hi Cuneyt,

I love the light ... the way it works through the water is beautiful .. the sharpness and clarity it stunning ... it made me pause to look .. great note as well.

take care,

John

UnTrained (0) 2007-02-12 3:28

Hi Cüneyt,
very good combined capture and note. I like the POV close to the ground together with the depth. And I hope those efforts are successful for a long time as farms are needed there. Thanks a lot for sharing.
Lieben Gruss, Ulf

ChrisJ (86932) 2007-02-12 4:20

Hi cuneyt

I like the graphism of the triangular 'A' shape. Good sharpness, colour, contrast, & lighting. The color contrast of the sunset orange against the blue sky, is the icing on the cake. Tfs!

jaywalker (16061) 2007-02-12 4:31

Hi Cuneyt, Excellent depth in this shot & I love the mist from the water as in sprays the ground, the light & colours are very good indeed, superbly sharp & I echo the comment of Harry, it's that good you can see the droplets of water coming from the end of the sprinkler, kind regards Wilson. PS a superb note.

evanrizo (456) 2007-02-12 10:07

Hi Cuneyt, you shot it from a very good angle and you framed it also very good.The notice is very interesting.
Have a nice time.
Evan.

stego (22556) 2007-02-12 10:15

Merhaba Cuneyt,
Very effective pov, splendid light and colours. Very nice and well captured, much punchy graphically with that huge triangle wisely positioned.
Very interesting note.
The WS's are also nice, specially the "closerr" one, but not as much as this one.
Regards, José.

adores (28248) 2007-02-12 14:22

Hi Cuneyt!
Another nice and even curious photo. I didn't know about this. Thanks for note!The photo is really nice, with really nice colours. Well done!
Regards, Anabela

rigoletto (30532) 2007-02-12 17:34

Selamlar Ağam,
Demek çölde otu böyle çıkardınız, kumda hayatı böyle var ettiniz. Ellerinize sağlık.
Asrın projesinden geriye de anılar kalacak böyle. Ne günlerdi diyeceksiniz belki de. Hafızamız böyle haindir, oyunlar oynar işte. Ne hikmetse kötü şeyler gider, iyileri kalır hep geriye.
İyi ki çöldeydiniz, sizi iyi ki tanıdık.
Sahra mutlu biz mutlu, darısı kalanların başına...
Sevgiler,
Deniz

tigra (2968) 2007-02-12 18:27

Hello Cuneyt
Good shot of this aggregate, but to my mind it's a bit oversharpened.
Thanks for the informative note!
Katia

kevinos (7349) 2007-02-12 20:39

It is interesting to see pictures of Libya and I have enjoyed the rich colours and quality of your pictures. This irrigation machine makes a strong and dramatic silhouette against the sky.I like the soft misty colour too. Your note is very informative and relevant. It might well affect the water table and have consequences for the future. Regards Kevin

bostankorkulugu (40796) 2007-02-13 3:26

geometri dersi gibi... karenin (dikdörtgen ya neyse) içinde bir üçgen... iki siyah yuvarlak lastik... bir silindir boru... bol bol da su... damlacıklar da zerrecikler de hoş...

selamlar

korkut:)

atilgone (0) 2007-02-13 4:30

Merhaba Cüneyt Abi,

Bu sulama metodlarını biliyorum. Trablusta bizim kaldığımız evin arkasında kocaman bir tarla vardı sulamayı çalıştırdıklarında arkadaşlarımla deliler gibi tarlada koşturuyordum :) Çiftçiler bu işe kızıyordu ama keyifliydi doğrusu :D
Fotoğrafın belgesel niteliğe sahip yazdığun not çok açıklayıcı. Eline sağlık.
selamlar

snunney (67430) 2007-02-13 12:02

Hello Cuneyt
Great perspective here looking along this massive sprinkler system with its fine spray that you have captured so well. Good low pov and fine sharpness. TFS.

gunbud (34052) 2007-02-13 13:39

Hi coneyt,
Wonderful capture of this irrigation divice in the middle of the dessert.
Regards, Tom

scientific (403) 2007-02-13 14:46

Merhaba Cüneyt Bey,
çok değişik bir çalışma. Işık ve renkler hoş. Verdiğiniz bilgiler güzel. Tebrikler. Paylaşımınız için teşekkürler..
hülya

izler (8) 2007-02-13 14:59

selam cuneyt
gercekten hem guzel doga hemde ilginc makinelerin bulustugu diger bir calisma. aslinda tam anlamiyla bizlere oralari tanitan calismalar sunuyorsun. kompozisyonu, bakis acisi, renkleri ve detaylari basarili bir calisma ortaya cikmis.
eline saglik
selamlar
izler

hay_kes (30410) 2007-02-14 5:03

Merhaba Cüneyt Bey,
İnsanoğlunun başaramayacağı hiç bir şey yok.Yeter ki istesin.Bunun en güzel örneğini karenizde yansıtmışsınız.Demek ki istedikten ve çalıştıktan sonra çöl bile hayat buluyor.Paylaşımınız için teşekkürler.

hAyAti

tabora (0) 2007-02-14 15:14

Merhaba Cuneyt,
Il est toujours agréable de faire pousser de l'herbe la ou se trouvait le désert, ta photo représente ce que l'homme peut réaliser lorsque au lieu de faire la guerre il s'intéresse a des projets qui sont bénéfique a lui même.
A+ Joseph

John_F_Kennedy (41368) 2007-02-15 10:11

I liked the perspective and of your creativity! Beautiful framing.
Achim

sabyasachi1212 (19739) 2007-02-16 4:50

Hi Cuneyt,
A very diiferent picture from Sahara, a green Sahara if I may say so. The photo apart from its quality is a great educations as well about a largely unknown project.
With Greetings from India
Sabyasachi

abozdemir (406) 2007-02-16 14:56

Sevgili Cüneyt Bey;

Anlamli bir fotoğraf. Tebrikler. ayrıca picasaweb teki resimlerinde harika...

sufi (9584) 2007-02-16 18:12

Merhaba Sevgili Cüneyt...
Yandaki bilgilere bakinca, insan azminin üstesinden gelemeyecegi bir sey olmadigini bir kez daha anliyorum... Ayni zamanda suyun ne kadar büyük bir nimet oldugunu... Yandaki bilgilerle ilginc bir kompozisyon...
Ellerine saglik...
Saglicakla kal..
Salim.

berek (31925) 2007-02-17 3:24

Merhaba Cüneyt,
süper bir fikir. derinlik kadraj ve sonuç çok güzel. elelrine sağlık. selam
Burak
****

Shoot_Score (650) 2007-02-20 1:15

Merhaba Cuneyt bey,

It is great to see this information! It reminds me of my days in Saudi Arabaio, where the King was also interest ed in making the desert GREEN... We see the unusual - for a desert - colour in your shot, which has an unsual PoV! Well done, Tfs, Jay

Stepan (27210) 2007-02-23 1:54

Quite unexpected about Sahara ! I like that and the way you composed that structure. The drops falling in the Foreground are lovely. Good depth too.
Stéphane

devimeuxbe (58557) 2007-02-27 5:32

Hi Cuneyt
This is an interesting vision of the water in the desert. The POV is nice and i like the light throught the water.
Nice report.
Bertrand

andante (7092) 2007-07-11 7:31

Dude, all your photos are spot on!!! I have been wondering through your gallery for almost an hour now. The quality of each photo is very consistent. Are you pro? If not you should be considering it very seriously. Hats off to you.

Enrique

Photo Information

Copyright: cuneyt basegmez (cuneyt-sb) (6559)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2007-01-26
Categories: Nature
Camera: Canon EOS 350D, 75-300 EF 1:4-5.6 III USM CANON, 2GB Toshiba F.Memory, Canon 58 mm UV
Exposure: f/13.0, 1/500 seconds
More Photo Info: view
Photo Version: Original Version, Workshop
Theme(s): Sahara @ Sahara [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2007-02-11 13:41