View of dunes in Al ... John K. HillersView of dunes in Al Dhafra sands of the Rub' al Khali, taken during Wilfred Thesiger's journey to Baynunah. In the right foreground the edges of two dunes meet in a depression between the dunes. The lee slope of the dune on the left is made up of light sand, while the wind facing slope of the dune on the right is made up of darker, heavier sand. A few clumps of vegetation grow in the depression between the two dunes. This image was taken during
The man wears a khanjar (dagger) on a cartridge belt over his thobe (shirt) and a tied ghutra (headscarf)
In the background tufts of vegetation grow on a vast flat plain that stretches into the far distance
possibly near one of the entrances to the Jokhang
Tufts of qassis (sedge) and other vegetation dot the rolling surface of a large sand dune
sits in an expanse of sand high above a grove of date palms
The roofs are topped with plaster
wearing a white wraparound skirt
The dune is dotted with a few tufts of vegetation and rippled with waves of secondary dunes
Two of Wilfred Thesiger's Bayt Kathir Bedouin guides sit in the sand
View of houses at Ghayl bin Yamayn in the Hadhramawt
Portrait of three Jewish boys sitting in the entrance to a building
grazing on a marakh bush in a small wadi near Sanaw