Chad 15.12.2011-4.1.2012

N'Djamena to Ennedi

sunset

refugees from Libya

firewood for sale

military truck

running fennec

sprinting desert gazelle

flock of desert gazelles

another sunrise

cattle near digging well

nomadic family

nomadic family

nomadic people with cattle near digging well

Oum Chalouba village

local market

Oum Chalouba streetlife

petrol filling station - literally speaking

 

 

Ennedi range

rock arch

sunset colors

rock arch in sunset color

sunrise colors

dune ripples

rock window

rock painting

cave system

rock painting

filling water supplies with digging well

entering the Bachiguelé gorge

dense vegetation in midst of desert

old tree

permanent water below steep rock walls

permanent water below steep rock walls

our guides

permanent water below steep rock walls

local women

local women

permanent water below steep rock walls

rock climbing baboons around

leaving Bachiguelé gorge

huge Djoula arch

nomadic camp

locals

sunset colors

sunset colors

Aloba arch in dawn

Moon and Venus in dawn

first sunlight hits the 120m high Aloba arch

Aloba arch, one of the biggest arch in the world

five arch rock

five arch rock

lonesome rider

rock painting

elephant arch

valley of rock pillars

elephant arch

nomadic camp

waterskin made from goats

nomadic family

our guide Sulaiman

north celestial pole seen with long night exposure

sunrise

local children

reading volcano article in the desert...

desert plant

approaching Guelta d’Archeï

famous Guelta d’Archeï

extinction endangered desert crocodile - one of the last 3-5 ones

first camels entering the water mirroring in the lake

impressive colors from reflected sunlight deep in the gorge

leaving Guelta d’Archeï

mushroom rocks

bizarre mushroom rock

unnaned arch

'rockforest' in sunset colors

sunrise

microdunes

multiple rock arches

local childs

huge slot gorge

long lasting water deposits where sunrays rarely hit

fragile flower in the shadow

collecting firewood

our guide Sulaiman

another rock 'forest'

house sized chessmen

our cook preparing dinner

north celestial pole seen with long night exposure

sunrise

sunrise colors

lonesome riders

Fada village

desert beetle

eroded rocks with dunes between

rock engravings

rock pillar 10m high

sunset

Moon and Venus

dune field

Ounianga Lakes and back to N'Djamena

local bird

local village

fist sunrays

got stuck in the sand...

sunset

first sunlight

root chimney made out of rock

root chimneys on top of layered rock

approaching Demi salt lagoon

date drying chamber

approaching Demi salt lagoon-mosquito flocks will greet you

very rare lake mirroring

salt deposits

salt deposits

view back to Demi lake

first view to Ounianga Serir lakes

easternmost Ounianga Serir lake - pure sweetwater

Ounianga having the biggest groundwater lakes in the Sahara desert

purest sweetwater surrounded by dunefields

palm trees near the shore

view back

lake Teli, the biggest and most salty from Ounianga Serir lake group

islands in lake Teli

first lake of Ounianga Kebir group - lake Katam with rare mirroring

lake Katam from above

lake Katam shoreline

leaving lake Katam

lake Yoa

lake Yoa - the biggest lake of Ouninga Kebir

palm beach inmidst of Sahara desert

leaving Ounianga Kebir lake group

dune field

dune ripples

crossing rough terrain to the west

under a rock arch

exceptional shaped channel like lava tubes

Faya desert town

Faya market

Faya market

Faya streetlife

sunset under a upcoming sandstorm

panoramic image of classic barchan dune

tent under growing dune at sandstorm attack

leaving desert and entering Sahel zone

nomadic camp

local childs

local women

still flooded terrain near N'Djamena

women on donkeys

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