View of a peregrine falcon ... Size:large

View of a peregrine falcon ... Size:largeView of a peregrine falcon (shahin) killing its prey, a MacQueen's Bustard (houbara), in the sands surrounding Al Ain. In the foreground a peregrine falcon, which belongs to Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's hunting party, pins a MacQueen's Bustard to the ground with its talons. The peregrine holds its wings out over the bustard to maintain its balance. Large plants, possibly sedge (qassis), grows in the foreground. Due to the nature of these

Woman in centre holds a prayer wheel and rosary

In the near distance one of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin companions stands on the slope of a dune

A fourth woman stands to the right of the group

covered with cloths as a protection from the strong sun

] The people of Santa Clara have no knowledge or tradition regarding these caves but say they belong to the "Ancients"

A man and a woman of the Humum Bedouin with a herd of goats and a camel

wearing distinctive hats

In the distance below members of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party are riding along the bottom of the wadi

sits on his camel

The boy on the right wears a tallit katan (a religious garment)

View of trees growing in the sands of Wadi al 'Ayn

smoking a pipe