The Great Sand Sea

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Photos

The Color Wheel
right as the sun was going down the whole world turned gold and purple

Shali fortress
Foreground: two men taking a little Ramadan afternoon siesta
Background: 13th C. Fortress made with salt, and mud (and bones if you look closely enough)

Oasis Palm Groves
The ladies walking back from brunch waiting for the dates to attack--they were very mumtaz!

Sand and Fire
Light from our fire hitting the ripples in the sand made by the sun--I may be a pyro

hollywood Oasis
This itty-bitty oasis out in the middle of the dunes (not like the big oasis that looks like Lake Powell), with our guide rapped as a mummy after taking a dip.