Images Dated 30th January 2009

Morocco - Ksour (= fortified villages) and kasbahs

Morocco - Ksour (= fortified villages) and kasbahs (= fortress) in the fertile Dades Gorge in the southern foothills of the High Atlas mountains. The blossom of the almond trees (Prunus dulcis) takes place end of January and beginning of February. Southern Morocco

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SAS-1971

SAS-1971
Sonora Desert - sonoran desert plant community including Saguaro Cacti, ocotillos (Fouquieria splendens), creosote bush (Larrea tridentata) and others against the Ajo Mountains as backdrop - with Jumping / Chain Fruit Cholla (Opuntia fulgida)
Organ Pipe National Monument, Arizona, USA
Carnegiea gigantea
Steffen & Alexandra Sailer

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