
3 0 c m
40cm
actual image size: 32cm x 21cm
Description
View of a salt flat in the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali) in Al Batin sands region. A large salt flat (sabkha) dotted with sparse tufts of vegetation stretches from the foreground into the distance. High dunes with sheer faces encircle the flat.
Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they were archived by the Pitt Rivers Museum.
Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they were archived by the Pitt Rivers Museum.
Image Details
Accession Number
2004.130.17487.1
Format
Film Negative 35mm
Country
United Arab Emirates
Region
Empty Quarter [Rub‘ al Khali]; Abu Dhabi Emirate; Al Gharbia Region; Al Batin [Al Baţīn]
Photographer
Wilfred Patrick Thesiger
Date
March 1-5, 1948
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