http://www.flickr.com/photos/carlotancredi/tags/01january2010/ Sun, 06 May 2012 05:14:22 -0700 Sun, 06 May 2012 05:14:22 -0700 http://www.flickr.com/ http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7398/buddyicons/7340910@N02.jpg?1369135487#7340910@N02 http://www.flickr.com/photos/carlotancredi/tags/01january2010/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/carlotancredi/4299276923/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/carlotancredi/">Carlo Tancredi</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/carlotancredi/4299276923/" title="Erg Chebbi"><img src="http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4032/4299276923_72c1413eda_m.jpg" width="195" height="240" alt="Erg Chebbi" /></a></p> <p><b>Please don't use this image on websites, blogs or other media without my explicit permission. © All rights reserved </b><br /> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/carlotancredi/sets/72157623065077933/show/"><br /> <b>My travel in Morocco (December 2009 - January 2010)</b></a><br /> <br /> <b> RELOADED 6/5/2012<br /> new post-processing by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nespyxel/">Nespixel</a> </b><br /> <br /> &quot;Erg Chebbi (Arabic: عرق الشبي‎), in southeastern Morocco, is one of two Saharan ergs in the northwest African nation (the other is Erg Chigaga near M'hamid). Its distinctive ergs — large dunes formed by wind-blown sand — reach up to 150 meters high, and form a composite erg 22 km long (north-south) and 5 km wide.<br /> <br /> The locals believe that these dunes were sent as punishment for turning away a weary traveler from the desert. They say that shortly thereafter, the gods made the dunes pile up outside their town as a lesson never to send away another needy wanderer.&quot;<br /> <br /> from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erg_Chebbi" rel="nofollow">Wikipedia</a></p> Sun, 06 May 2012 05:14:22 -0700 2010-01-01T19:00:39-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Carlo Tancredi) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/4299276923 Erg Chebbi <p><b>Please don't use this image on websites, blogs or other media without my explicit permission. © All rights reserved </b><br /> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/carlotancredi/sets/72157623065077933/show/"><br /> <b>My travel in Morocco (December 2009 - January 2010)</b></a><br /> <br /> <b> RELOADED 6/5/2012<br /> new post-processing by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nespyxel/">Nespixel</a> </b><br /> <br /> &quot;Erg Chebbi (Arabic: عرق الشبي‎), in southeastern Morocco, is one of two Saharan ergs in the northwest African nation (the other is Erg Chigaga near M'hamid). Its distinctive ergs — large dunes formed by wind-blown sand — reach up to 150 meters high, and form a composite erg 22 km long (north-south) and 5 km wide.<br /> <br /> The locals believe that these dunes were sent as punishment for turning away a weary traveler from the desert. They say that shortly thereafter, the gods made the dunes pile up outside their town as a lesson never to send away another needy wanderer.&quot;<br /> <br /> from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erg_Chebbi" rel="nofollow">Wikipedia</a></p> Carlo Tancredi africa sunset sun sahara public clouds geotagged soleil sand tramonto nuvole desert dunes dune © olympus camel morocco maroc marocco maghreb afrika duna sole nuages marruecos sonne zuiko marokko allrightsreserved deserto 2010 marrocos sabbia afrique erg áfrica ergchebbi zd chebbi tancredi ©allrightsreserved cammelli 1442mm e410 cammelo olympuse410 platinumheartaward january2010 almaġrib المغرب‎ georeferenziata p1010351 عرقالشبي 01january2010 rememberthatmomentlevel1 http://www.flickr.com/photos/carlotancredi/4607971713/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/carlotancredi/">Carlo Tancredi</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/carlotancredi/4607971713/" title="Shadows on the sand"><img src="http://farm2.staticflickr.com/1088/4607971713_05131a2f5c_m.jpg" width="229" height="240" alt="Shadows on the sand" /></a></p> <p><b>Please don't use this image on websites, blogs or other media without my explicit permission. © All rights reserved </b><br /> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/carlotancredi/sets/72157623065077933/show/"><br /> <b>My travel in Morocco (December 2009 - January 2010)</b></a><br /> <br /> &quot;Erg Chebbi (Arabic: عرق الشبي‎), in southeastern Morocco, is one of two Saharan ergs in the northwest African nation (the other is Erg Chigaga near M'hamid). Its distinctive ergs — large dunes formed by wind-blown sand — reach up to 150 meters high, and form a composite erg 22 km long (north-south) and 5 km wide.<br /> <br /> The locals believe that these dunes were sent as punishment for turning away a weary traveler from the desert. They say that shortly thereafter, the gods made the dunes pile up outside their town as a lesson never to send away another needy wanderer.&quot;<br /> <br /> from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erg_Chebbi" rel="nofollow">Wikipedia</a><br /> <br /> <b><i>Photo</i>AwardsCounter</b><br /> <a href="http://www.cameralenscompare.com/badge1.aspx" rel="nofollow">Click here to see the <b>awards count</b></a> for this photo. <a href="http://www.flickr.com/services/apps/72157624702073408/">(?)</a></p> Tue, 18 May 2010 11:04:58 -0700 2010-01-01T18:14:37-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Carlo Tancredi) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/4607971713 Shadows on the sand <p><b>Please don't use this image on websites, blogs or other media without my explicit permission. © All rights reserved </b><br /> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/carlotancredi/sets/72157623065077933/show/"><br /> <b>My travel in Morocco (December 2009 - January 2010)</b></a><br /> <br /> &quot;Erg Chebbi (Arabic: عرق الشبي‎), in southeastern Morocco, is one of two Saharan ergs in the northwest African nation (the other is Erg Chigaga near M'hamid). Its distinctive ergs — large dunes formed by wind-blown sand — reach up to 150 meters high, and form a composite erg 22 km long (north-south) and 5 km wide.<br /> <br /> The locals believe that these dunes were sent as punishment for turning away a weary traveler from the desert. They say that shortly thereafter, the gods made the dunes pile up outside their town as a lesson never to send away another needy wanderer.&quot;<br /> <br /> from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erg_Chebbi" rel="nofollow">Wikipedia</a><br /> <br /> <b><i>Photo</i>AwardsCounter</b><br /> <a href="http://www.cameralenscompare.com/badge1.aspx" rel="nofollow">Click here to see the <b>awards count</b></a> for this photo. <a href="http://www.flickr.com/services/apps/72157624702073408/">(?)</a></p> Carlo Tancredi africa travel shadow sahara public geotagged sand desert dunes dune ombra © olympus camel morocco maroc marocco afrika marruecos zuiko marokko allrightsreserved deserto 2010 marrocos sabbia afrique erg cammello merzouga áfrica ergchebbi zd coth chebbi tancredi ©allrightsreserved 1442mm e410 olympuse410 carlotancredi january2010 almaġrib المغرب‎ georeferenziata saariysqualitypictures p1010332 عرقالشبي mygearandmepremium mygearandmebronze mygearandmesilver 01january2010 http://www.flickr.com/photos/carlotancredi/4314613606/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/carlotancredi/">Carlo Tancredi</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/carlotancredi/4314613606/" title="Sunset in the Erg Chebbi"><img src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2711/4314613606_f643f99ee3_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="Sunset in the Erg Chebbi" /></a></p> <p><b>Please don't use this image on websites, blogs or other media without my explicit permission. © All rights reserved </b><br /> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/carlotancredi/sets/72157623065077933/show/"><br /> <b>My travel in Morocco (December 2009 - January 2010)</b></a><br /> <br /> &quot;Erg Chebbi (Arabic: عرق الشبي‎), in southeastern Morocco, is one of two Saharan ergs in the northwest African nation (the other is Erg Chigaga near M'hamid). Its distinctive ergs — large dunes formed by wind-blown sand — reach up to 150 meters high, and form a composite erg 22 km long (north-south) and 5 km wide.<br /> <br /> The locals believe that these dunes were sent as punishment for turning away a weary traveler from the desert. They say that shortly thereafter, the gods made the dunes pile up outside their town as a lesson never to send away another needy wanderer.&quot;<br /> <br /> from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erg_Chebbi" rel="nofollow">Wikipedia</a></p> Wed, 03 Feb 2010 05:50:08 -0800 2010-01-01T19:20:54-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Carlo Tancredi) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/4314613606 Sunset in the Erg Chebbi <p><b>Please don't use this image on websites, blogs or other media without my explicit permission. © All rights reserved </b><br /> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/carlotancredi/sets/72157623065077933/show/"><br /> <b>My travel in Morocco (December 2009 - January 2010)</b></a><br /> <br /> &quot;Erg Chebbi (Arabic: عرق الشبي‎), in southeastern Morocco, is one of two Saharan ergs in the northwest African nation (the other is Erg Chigaga near M'hamid). Its distinctive ergs — large dunes formed by wind-blown sand — reach up to 150 meters high, and form a composite erg 22 km long (north-south) and 5 km wide.<br /> <br /> The locals believe that these dunes were sent as punishment for turning away a weary traveler from the desert. They say that shortly thereafter, the gods made the dunes pile up outside their town as a lesson never to send away another needy wanderer.&quot;<br /> <br /> from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erg_Chebbi" rel="nofollow">Wikipedia</a></p> Carlo Tancredi africa travel sunset sun sahara public clouds landscape geotagged soleil sand tramonto nuvole desert dunes dune © olympus camel morocco maroc marocco maghreb afrika sole nuages marruecos sonne zuiko paesaggio marokko allrightsreserved deserto 2010 marrocos sabbia afrique erg merzouga áfrica ergchebbi zd chebbi tancredi ©allrightsreserved 1442mm e410 olympuse410 january2010 almaġrib المغرب‎ georeferenziata p1010369 عرقالشبي 01january2010 http://www.flickr.com/photos/carlotancredi/4306419963/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/carlotancredi/">Carlo Tancredi</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/carlotancredi/4306419963/" title="عرق الشبي (Erg Chebbi)"><img src="http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4019/4306419963_13d6731e4e_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="عرق الشبي (Erg Chebbi)" /></a></p> <p><b>Please don't use this image on websites, blogs or other media without my explicit permission. © All rights reserved </b><br /> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/carlotancredi/sets/72157623065077933/show/"><br /> <b>My travel in Morocco (December 2009 - January 2010)</b></a><br /> <br /> &quot;Erg Chebbi (Arabic: عرق الشبي‎), in southeastern Morocco, is one of two Saharan ergs in the northwest African nation (the other is Erg Chigaga near M'hamid). Its distinctive ergs — large dunes formed by wind-blown sand — reach up to 150 meters high, and form a composite erg 22 km long (north-south) and 5 km wide.<br /> <br /> The locals believe that these dunes were sent as punishment for turning away a weary traveler from the desert. They say that shortly thereafter, the gods made the dunes pile up outside their town as a lesson never to send away another needy wanderer.&quot;<br /> <br /> from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erg_Chebbi" rel="nofollow">Wikipedia</a></p> Thu, 28 Jan 2010 03:15:13 -0800 2010-01-01T18:33:25-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Carlo Tancredi) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/4306419963 عرق الشبي (Erg Chebbi) <p><b>Please don't use this image on websites, blogs or other media without my explicit permission. © All rights reserved </b><br /> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/carlotancredi/sets/72157623065077933/show/"><br /> <b>My travel in Morocco (December 2009 - January 2010)</b></a><br /> <br /> &quot;Erg Chebbi (Arabic: عرق الشبي‎), in southeastern Morocco, is one of two Saharan ergs in the northwest African nation (the other is Erg Chigaga near M'hamid). Its distinctive ergs — large dunes formed by wind-blown sand — reach up to 150 meters high, and form a composite erg 22 km long (north-south) and 5 km wide.<br /> <br /> The locals believe that these dunes were sent as punishment for turning away a weary traveler from the desert. They say that shortly thereafter, the gods made the dunes pile up outside their town as a lesson never to send away another needy wanderer.&quot;<br /> <br /> from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erg_Chebbi" rel="nofollow">Wikipedia</a></p> Carlo Tancredi africa travel sahara public landscape geotagged sand desert dunes dune © olympus camel morocco maroc marocco maghreb afrika marruecos zuiko paesaggio marokko allrightsreserved deserto 2010 marrocos sabbia afrique erg merzouga áfrica ergchebbi zd chebbi tancredi ©allrightsreserved cammelli 1442mm e410 olympuse410 platinumheartaward january2010 almaġrib المغرب‎ ubej panoramafotográfico georeferenziata saariysqualitypictures عرقالشبي theoriginalgoldseal mygearandmesilver 01january2010 p1010342 mygearandmeplatinum mygearandmediamond http://www.flickr.com/photos/carlotancredi/4300213727/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/carlotancredi/">Carlo Tancredi</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/carlotancredi/4300213727/" title="The first sunset of 2010"><img src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2792/4300213727_26ec7ed3b1_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="The first sunset of 2010" /></a></p> <p><b>Plesse don't use this image on websites, blogs or other media without my explicit permission. © All rights reserved </b><br /> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/carlotancredi/sets/72157623065077933/show/"><br /> <b>My travel in Morocco (December 2009 - January 2010)</b></a><br /> <br /> 1/1/2010, sunset on the dunes of Erg Chebbi, Morocco</p> Tue, 26 Jan 2010 08:02:14 -0800 2010-01-01T19:25:22-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Carlo Tancredi) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/4300213727 The first sunset of 2010 <p><b>Plesse don't use this image on websites, blogs or other media without my explicit permission. © All rights reserved </b><br /> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/carlotancredi/sets/72157623065077933/show/"><br /> <b>My travel in Morocco (December 2009 - January 2010)</b></a><br /> <br /> 1/1/2010, sunset on the dunes of Erg Chebbi, Morocco</p> Carlo Tancredi africa sunset sun sahara public clouds landscape geotagged soleil sand tramonto nuvole desert dunes dune © olympus morocco maroc marocco maghreb afrika fabulous sole nuages marruecos sonne zuiko paesaggio marokko allrightsreserved deserto 2010 marrocos sabbia afrique erg áfrica ergchebbi zd chebbi tancredi ©allrightsreserved 1442mm e410 olympuse410 january2010 almaġrib المغرب‎ georeferenziata p1010379 عرقالشبي 01january2010 http://www.flickr.com/photos/carlotancredi/4266014343/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/carlotancredi/">Carlo Tancredi</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/carlotancredi/4266014343/" title="عرق الشبي (Erg Chebbi)"><img src="http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4043/4266014343_88f6004c91_m.jpg" width="180" height="240" alt="عرق الشبي (Erg Chebbi)" /></a></p> <p><b>Please don't use this image on websites, blogs or other media without my explicit permission. © All rights reserved </b><br /> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/carlotancredi/sets/72157623065077933/show/"><br /> <b>My travel in Morocco (December 2009 - January 2010)</b></a><br /> <br /> &quot;Erg Chebbi (Arabic: عرق الشبي‎), in southeastern Morocco, is one of two Saharan ergs in the northwest African nation (the other is Erg Chigaga near M'hamid). Its distinctive ergs — large dunes formed by wind-blown sand — reach up to 150 meters high, and form a composite erg 22 km long (north-south) and 5 km wide.<br /> <br /> The locals believe that these dunes were sent as punishment for turning away a weary traveler from the desert. They say that shortly thereafter, the gods made the dunes pile up outside their town as a lesson never to send away another needy wanderer.&quot;<br /> <br /> from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erg_Chebbi" rel="nofollow">Wikipedia</a><br /> <br /> <b><i>Photo</i>AwardsCounter</b><br /> <a href="http://www.cameralenscompare.com/badge1.aspx" rel="nofollow">Click here to see the <b>awards count</b></a> for this photo. <a href="http://www.flickr.com/services/apps/72157624702073408/">(?)</a></p> Mon, 11 Jan 2010 10:09:52 -0800 2010-01-01T17:37:49-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Carlo Tancredi) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/4266014343 عرق الشبي (Erg Chebbi) <p><b>Please don't use this image on websites, blogs or other media without my explicit permission. © All rights reserved </b><br /> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/carlotancredi/sets/72157623065077933/show/"><br /> <b>My travel in Morocco (December 2009 - January 2010)</b></a><br /> <br /> &quot;Erg Chebbi (Arabic: عرق الشبي‎), in southeastern Morocco, is one of two Saharan ergs in the northwest African nation (the other is Erg Chigaga near M'hamid). Its distinctive ergs — large dunes formed by wind-blown sand — reach up to 150 meters high, and form a composite erg 22 km long (north-south) and 5 km wide.<br /> <br /> The locals believe that these dunes were sent as punishment for turning away a weary traveler from the desert. They say that shortly thereafter, the gods made the dunes pile up outside their town as a lesson never to send away another needy wanderer.&quot;<br /> <br /> from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erg_Chebbi" rel="nofollow">Wikipedia</a><br /> <br /> <b><i>Photo</i>AwardsCounter</b><br /> <a href="http://www.cameralenscompare.com/badge1.aspx" rel="nofollow">Click here to see the <b>awards count</b></a> for this photo. <a href="http://www.flickr.com/services/apps/72157624702073408/">(?)</a></p> Carlo Tancredi africa travel sahara public landscape geotagged sand desert dunes dune © olympus camel morocco maroc marocco maghreb afrika marruecos zuiko paesaggio marokko allrightsreserved deserto 2010 marrocos sabbia afrique erg áfrica ergchebbi zd coth chebbi tancredi ©allrightsreserved cammelli 1442mm e410 olympuse410 platinumheartaward p1010323 january2010 almaġrib المغرب‎ alwaysexc georeferenziata saariysqualitypictures imagesforthelittleprince magicunicornverybest عرقالشبي 01january2010 peregrino27newvision rememberthatmomentlevel4 rememberthatmomentlevel1 rememberthatmomentlevel2 rememberthatmomentlevel3 rememberthatmomentlevel9 rememberthatmomentlevel5 rememberthatmomentlevel6 rememberthatmomentlevel10 vigilantphotographersunite vpu2 vpu3 vpu4 http://www.flickr.com/photos/carlotancredi/5375587783/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/carlotancredi/">Carlo Tancredi</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/carlotancredi/5375587783/" title=""><img src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5162/5375587783_c487489641_m.jpg" width="240" height="240" alt="" /></a></p> <p><b>Please don't use this image on websites, blogs or other media without my explicit permission. © All rights reserved </b><br /> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/carlotancredi/sets/72157623065077933/show/"><br /> <b>My travel in Morocco (December 2009 - January 2010)</b></a><br /> <br /> &quot;Erg Chebbi (Arabic: عرق الشبي‎), in southeastern Morocco, is one of two Saharan ergs in the northwest African nation (the other is Erg Chigaga near M'hamid). Its distinctive ergs — large dunes formed by wind-blown sand — reach up to 150 meters high, and form a composite erg 22 km long (north-south) and 5 km wide.<br /> <br /> The locals believe that these dunes were sent as punishment for turning away a weary traveler from the desert. They say that shortly thereafter, the gods made the dunes pile up outside their town as a lesson never to send away another needy wanderer.&quot;<br /> <br /> from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erg_Chebbi" rel="nofollow">Wikipedia</a></p> Fri, 21 Jan 2011 11:32:33 -0800 2010-01-01T19:26:57-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Carlo Tancredi) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/5375587783 <p><b>Please don't use this image on websites, blogs or other media without my explicit permission. © All rights reserved </b><br /> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/carlotancredi/sets/72157623065077933/show/"><br /> <b>My travel in Morocco (December 2009 - January 2010)</b></a><br /> <br /> &quot;Erg Chebbi (Arabic: عرق الشبي‎), in southeastern Morocco, is one of two Saharan ergs in the northwest African nation (the other is Erg Chigaga near M'hamid). Its distinctive ergs — large dunes formed by wind-blown sand — reach up to 150 meters high, and form a composite erg 22 km long (north-south) and 5 km wide.<br /> <br /> The locals believe that these dunes were sent as punishment for turning away a weary traveler from the desert. They say that shortly thereafter, the gods made the dunes pile up outside their town as a lesson never to send away another needy wanderer.&quot;<br /> <br /> from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erg_Chebbi" rel="nofollow">Wikipedia</a></p> Carlo Tancredi africa travel sunset sun sahara public clouds landscape geotagged soleil sand tramonto nuvole desert dunes dune © olympus morocco maroc marocco maghreb afrika sole marruecos sonne zuiko paesaggio marokko allrightsreserved deserto 2010 marrocos sabbia afrique shilouette erg áfrica ergchebbi zd 40150mm chebbi tancredi ©allrightsreserved e410 olympuse410 january2010 almaġrib المغرب‎ georeferenziata p1010385 عرقالشبي mygearandmegold 01january2010 mygearandmeplatinum mygearandmediamond http://www.flickr.com/photos/carlotancredi/4384967589/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/carlotancredi/">Carlo Tancredi</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/carlotancredi/4384967589/" title="عرق الشبي (Erg Chebbi)"><img src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2700/4384967589_cc664b1e5c_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="عرق الشبي (Erg Chebbi)" /></a></p> <p><b>Please don't use this image on websites, blogs or other media without my explicit permission. © All rights reserved </b><br /> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/carlotancredi/sets/72157623065077933/show/"><br /> <b>My travel in Morocco (December 2009 - January 2010)</b></a><br /> <br /> &quot;Erg Chebbi (Arabic: عرق الشبي‎), in southeastern Morocco, is one of two Saharan ergs in the northwest African nation (the other is Erg Chigaga near M'hamid). Its distinctive ergs — large dunes formed by wind-blown sand — reach up to 150 meters high, and form a composite erg 22 km long (north-south) and 5 km wide.<br /> <br /> The locals believe that these dunes were sent as punishment for turning away a weary traveler from the desert. They say that shortly thereafter, the gods made the dunes pile up outside their town as a lesson never to send away another needy wanderer.&quot;<br /> <br /> from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erg_Chebbi" rel="nofollow">Wikipedia</a><br /> <br /> No Post Processing</p> Thu, 25 Feb 2010 02:43:36 -0800 2010-01-01T19:21:59-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Carlo Tancredi) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/4384967589 عرق الشبي (Erg Chebbi) <p><b>Please don't use this image on websites, blogs or other media without my explicit permission. © All rights reserved </b><br /> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/carlotancredi/sets/72157623065077933/show/"><br /> <b>My travel in Morocco (December 2009 - January 2010)</b></a><br /> <br /> &quot;Erg Chebbi (Arabic: عرق الشبي‎), in southeastern Morocco, is one of two Saharan ergs in the northwest African nation (the other is Erg Chigaga near M'hamid). Its distinctive ergs — large dunes formed by wind-blown sand — reach up to 150 meters high, and form a composite erg 22 km long (north-south) and 5 km wide.<br /> <br /> The locals believe that these dunes were sent as punishment for turning away a weary traveler from the desert. They say that shortly thereafter, the gods made the dunes pile up outside their town as a lesson never to send away another needy wanderer.&quot;<br /> <br /> from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erg_Chebbi" rel="nofollow">Wikipedia</a><br /> <br /> No Post Processing</p> Carlo Tancredi africa travel sunset sky sun sahara public clouds landscape geotagged soleil sand tramonto nuvole desert dunes dune © olympus camel morocco cielo maroc marocco maghreb afrika sole nuages marruecos sonne zuiko paesaggio marokko allrightsreserved deserto 2010 marrocos sabbia afrique erg merzouga áfrica ergchebbi zd chebbi tancredi ©allrightsreserved 1442mm e410 olympuse410 platinumheartaward january2010 almaġrib المغرب‎ georeferenziata عرقالشبي p1010372 01january2010