• Adjder oasis, some 100 km Northwest of Timimoun, North of Charouine
    Adjder oasis, some 100 km Northwest of Timimoun, North of Charouine
  • Beni Isguen, the most conservative and exquisitly preserved of the ancient hill towns in Ghardaia
    Beni Isguen, the most conservative and exquisitly preserved of the ancient hill towns in Ghardaia
  • The villages of Ghardaia are all located on hills in the valley surrounded by a stony plain
    The villages of Ghardaia are all located on hills in the valley surrounded by a stony plain
  • Traditional women shopping in the walled city of Ghardaia, where pictures of people are not allowed
    Traditional women shopping in the walled city of Ghardaia, where pictures of people are not allowed
  • Foggara (underground aqueduct) system, with gardens protected by windbreaks in Sahel village, near Akabli
    Foggara (underground aqueduct) system, with gardens protected by windbreaks in Sahel village, near Akabli
  • Daily life in the late morning in Sahel village, Akabli oasis
    Daily life in the late morning in Sahel village, Akabli oasis
  • Ain Hamou and adjacent villages where gardens are in hollows between the dunes that are capped with rows of palm fronds to keep the sand from burying the plants
    Ain Hamou and adjacent villages where gardens are in hollows between the dunes that are capped with rows of palm fronds to keep the sand from burying the plants
  • Potato farms irrigated with center pivot sprayers near the village of Oued Tork, some 25 km west of El Oued
    Potato farms irrigated with center pivot sprayers near the village of Oued Tork, some 25 km west of El Oued
  • Ain Hamou where gardens are in hollows between the dunes that are capped with rows of palm fronds to keep the sand from burying the plants
    Ain Hamou where gardens are in hollows between the dunes that are capped with rows of palm fronds to keep the sand from burying the plants
  • The foggara here are very old, but are still providing enough water in spite of the fact that they have had no maintenance for thirty years
    The foggara here are very old, but are still providing enough water in spite of the fact that they have had no maintenance for thirty years
  • Here the water from three foggara go six different ways, and down stream they are further divided
    Here the water from three foggara go six different ways, and down stream they are further divided
  • Ain Hamou, where water was traditionally brought up from hand dug wells with ropes and pulleys, but now electric pumps do the work
    Ain Hamou, where water was traditionally brought up from hand dug wells with ropes and pulleys, but now electric pumps do the work
  • Cracked clay and red sand mingle in a dry stream bed of Tin Merzouga a year after a rare big rainfall
    Cracked clay and red sand mingle in a dry stream bed of Tin Merzouga a year after a rare big rainfall
  • Tin Merzouga, a remote part of the Algerian Sahara near the borders of Libya and Niger
    Tin Merzouga, a remote part of the Algerian Sahara near the borders of Libya and Niger
  • An abandoned ksar lost in the dunes of the Grand Erg Occidental just north of Timimoun
    An abandoned ksar lost in the dunes of the Grand Erg Occidental just north of Timimoun
  • Street life in the oasis of Djanet
    Street life in the oasis of Djanet
  • Two Tuareg men are sitting on the steps of the towns only movie theater, which is now used as a meeting hall for government functions
    Two Tuareg men are sitting on the steps of the towns only movie theater, which is now used as a meeting hall for government functions
  • The volcanic peaks of the Hoggar, just east of Asakrem
    The volcanic peaks of the Hoggar, just east of Asakrem
  • El Ghousour, an area of beautifully eroded rock Southeast of Tamanrasset, in the Tassili du Hoggar
    El Ghousour, an area of beautifully eroded rock Southeast of Tamanrasset, in the Tassili du Hoggar
  • Inakashaker (named after a kind of locally-found bush in Tuareg language)
    Inakashaker (named after a kind of locally-found bush in Tuareg language)
  • Wind-eroded pinnacle of stone near Inakashaker
    Wind-eroded pinnacle of stone near Inakashaker
  • Early morning in Tahagart
    Early morning in Tahagart
  • Pre-Islamic graves in the center of the Erg DAdmer adjacent to Iharane
    Pre-Islamic graves in the center of the Erg DAdmer adjacent to Iharane
  • Rock pinnacles and sand dunes about 20 km west of Djanet
    Rock pinnacles and sand dunes about 20 km west of Djanet
  • Inakashaker (named after a kind of locally-found bush in Tuareg language), an area of beautifully eroded rock
    Inakashaker (named after a kind of locally-found bush in Tuareg language), an area of beautifully eroded rock
  • Rock art inside
    Rock art inside "Mouflon Cave" in Wadi El Beridj