Total eclipse in Libya - 14 years on
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Total eclipse in Libya - 14 years on
Post eclipse, I spent a week in the Sahara desert to the south and west of Sabha. So have extracted a couple of photos from this trip plus eclipse images.
Call to prayers at dawn woke us too. So we headed out and photographed this beautiful mosque at sunrise
Detail of the construction of the mud brick city of Ghadames.
The umbra pokes its nose over the horizon a couple of minutes before totality.
Totality over the arabian style tents of the Jalu Desert Camp
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Dune fields. On a 4wd tour in the Sahara, west & south of Sabha our 4wd broke down in the midst of these fantastic dunes. We camped there overnight while we waited for parts. I woke before dawn, walked off to this spot and took this photo as the sun rose.
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Re: Total eclipse in Libya - 14 years on
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Re: Total eclipse in Libya - 14 years on
Travel to Libya would have been "exciting" in itself !
I am assuming this was a trip planned to chase the eclipse as you did last year in SA.
Thank you for posting this wonderful set !
Regards to you Sir.
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