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View of three members of ... Frame:noneView of three members of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party at a palm grove in Liwa oasis. Salim bin Ghabaisha, a tribesman of the Bayt Imani lineage of Rashid Bedouin, stands in the far left foreground, looking at a large pile of camping gear lying in the sand. Behind him and just to the right Sahail bin Tahi, a tribesman of the Mudairiba lineage of Rashid Bedouin, stands holding a large blanket. At the centre a third member of the party is folding

In the far background a stretch of flat sand lies on the right

Two of the riders at the centre carry peregrine falcons on their arms

The sand they are crossing is bare and marked with small wave patterns

In the background large stone buildings sit along the tops of valley slopes that are covered with terraced fields

Behind the men the crest of the dune stretches into the far distance

one of whom is standing

ride camels across the crest of low continuous dune

He also carries a rifle on his left shoulder

a dry river bed

Exposed rings of sedimentary sandstone sit above the sand floor of the depression

View of a man

View of yellow-flowering tribulus (zahra) and a sedge (qassis) growing in the desert sands some time after heavy rain