Not a children resort, a photo from Borkou-Ennedi-Tibesti, North

Photographer's Note

Depression de Mourdì, near the border with Sudan and Lybia, these are remnants of the war with Libya. The whole area is still mined, and I couldn't believe human stupidity: the region is empy and devoid of anything (even petroleum as far as you could tell) but still people were killing each other in the middle of nowhere.

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MiguelP (14470) 2005-06-20 4:49

Hi Dario, I like this document. Play the game of points with the content of this photo could be a little bit frivolous but I think it´s worthy to thank your idea to bring the real world here, this world far from nice landscape and exotic faces. Thanks.

lermission (304) 2005-06-20 9:32 [Comment]

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CliffW (2381) 2005-06-25 12:12

Thanks Dario for showing this. This is something and someplace we don't see on TE or really anywhere else very often. It's a sad commentary of the logic (or lack) of man.

rutti (249) 2005-06-25 20:11

Sad picture from a very remote place. I plan to visit chad on my future africa journey. This is a good picture that can really teach us something about our world (that's the purpose of this site).

nygus (8178) 2005-07-14 10:24

well, this is sure off the beaten track. Good you went there, more tourists usually means more stablization

manub (920) 2006-02-24 16:35

This tells a lot about the stupidity of the combatants, and the avidity of the weapons sellers...

good news: sudan and chad finally agreed not to go to war... but who cares ?

gsimon (387) 2006-05-01 14:50

Unbelieveable picture
Aside from the content which justifies the saying "a picture is worth..) the composition and colors are excellent
Congratulations on a very excellent picture
Greg

Andre-H (1271) 2006-10-11 23:13

Hi Dario,

The limits of human stupidity are hard to fathom; the lengths that people will go to in order to fight over even worthless land will never cease to amaze. I like the composition and exposure, although the whole is a little blurry. Good documentary pic, and thanks for the note.

A

federico (5077) 2008-12-10 0:29

It is a great comment what you post here, well take a photo in the middle of nowhere is difficult so I appreciate your shot anyway and still I didn't know about this war until now
so thanks for sharing
best regards
Fred