Sahara from Djanet Day 2
A view from our camp.
Whilst the crew packed away camp, we set off for a walk and they would pick us up later en route.
An acacia tree.
Not a sand dune but just sand heaped up by the wind against the rock cliffs of the wadi.
More acacia struggling to survive the conditions.
It had reained four weeks before and the desert was going green as long dormant seeds took full advantage of the brief downpour to germinate and flower before all the moisture evaporates.
Some rock art circa 5,000 BC, bottom right some people in red and top right, a person on horseback in white.
A carving of a cow on a cliff face.
More rock art being pointed out by our local guide but too indistinct for my camera to reproduce it.
We stopped to climb a dune between two cliffs...
...a view from the top...
...more rock art in a cave at the top of the dune, a man hunting with three dogs to the right and a horned animal.
Our drivers stopped to let some air out of the tyres, a sure sign that there was soft sand ahead. We stopped at the crest of a dune to watch the cars descend.
The silhouette of a pair of rock arches, collectively known as The Cathedral.
A table set for lunch in the shade of a cliff.
the platear was barren but once was fertile and green...
...able to support elephants, giraffes, and cows although indistinct in the photo...
...a detail of the elephant.
More desert...
...and our last piece of sand before stopping to make camp.
