Unseen Sahara

My close friend Alf Seegert sent me this one:

Unseen Sahara
A rare aerial look at Libya's remote Fezzan region, where ancient societies thrived and collapsed as the rains came and went.

http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2009/10/fezzan/steinmetz-photography

Chebika Oasis

Chebika Oasis, Tunisia

Another Roger Dean kind of place.

Bandiagara - Land of the Dogon

Bandiagara, in Mali, is the home of the Dogon. The escarpment has its own waterfall, cliff dwellings, and meandering paths into the oasis-like valleys. It's hard to imagine a place that combines more beautiful features in one scene than Bandiagara.