3 0 c m
40cm
actual image size: 32cm x 21cm
Description
View of dunes in the Al Dhafra sands between Dhibi well and Al Batin sands in the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali). In the foreground a small flat area with a few tufts of vegetation is bordered on the left by a line of low dunes. At the far right a second line of parallel dunes stretches into the horizon.
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
2004.130.17906.1
Format
Film Negative 35mm
Country
United Arab Emirates
Region
Empty Quarter [Rub‘ al Khali]; Ash Sharqiyah Province [Al Minţaqah ash Sharqīyah]; Al Dhafra - Abu Dhabi Emirate; Al Gharbia Region; Al Dhafra
Photographer
Wilfred Patrick Thesiger
Date
February 22 - March 3, 1948
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