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Desert from a height
Photographer George Shteymets of his career had to circumnavigate almost the entire world. His journey he made on a motorized paraglider over the deserts around the world, from China ending Antarctica and Africa. Before you collected 10 of his most impressive image of deserts worldwide. Tegidda N'tesum, Niger.
Salt-water pool looks like a mosaic on the surface of the desert. The water from shallow wells is mixed with soil salinity, resulting in a suspension. The colors and shades depend on the color of mud, algae and salt. Salt is consumed by the local animals.
Valley Kamasay in Chad.
Hill sandstone make their way through the orange dunes in the Tibesti region, a few kilometers from the border with Libya. Orange sand formed by the erosion of Nubian sandstone.
Rub 'al Khali, Saudi Arabia.
Growing alfalfa as feed for animals on the irrigated lands in the desert at the edge of Wadi al-Dawasir. Each circle is almost a kilometer in diameter. Water and fertilizer are sprayed to make the earth a little more fertile. Water comes from a well depth of 100-200 meters, where it has accumulated as a result of rains hundreds or even thousands of years ago. Precipitation is already gone for 20 years.
Laguna Colorado, Bolivia.
A flock of flamingos on Lake rare in Bolivia, which is located at an altitude of 4260 meters in the Andes. The water is colored red algae that thrive thanks to the nutrients contained in the hot springs. On the lake there are several small islands of borax, as well as the largest population of all the flamingo ponds desert Altiplano. It is home to three species of flamingo: Andean, Chilean and James flamingoes.
Parinacota Volcano, Bolivia.
Ice this unusual shape is produced mainly in mountainous deserts of the Andes and the Himalayas at an altitude of 6000 meters. Its formation is due to a combination of processes of melting and sublimation, evaporation, ice water without an intermediate phase. The images show the volcano Parinacota height of 6342 meters. His rise above the constant snow cover has accelerated in recent decades due to rapid climate change. To the left of Parinacota volcano is Pomerape.
Ounianga-Kebir, Chad.
Small huts are scattered along the sandy peninsula of Lake Ounianga-Kebir, also known as Joa, in northern Chad. People are living right under the palm trees. Fresh water has accumulated here as a result of the rains of 5000 years ago, when the Sahara was a wet spot and stored in large Nubian Sandstone Aquifer, which lies in the central Sahara.
Rub 'al Khali, Oman.
Water from time to time comes out of the mountains and dissolve in the sands. Bedouins still graze their camels here.
Dasht-e Lut, Iran.
Megadyuny reach more than 275 meters high and stretch for more than 880 meters. They are formed as a result of strong winds, raising sand and silt from the place of the dry lake.
Dead Sea, Jordan.
The Dead Sea is not only one of the saltiest bodies of water on the planet, but also the lowest point on the Earth's surface. On the Jordanian side of the Dead Sea as a result of the waves it was formed a thick layer of salt crystals and stalactites.
Tassili du Hoggar, Algeria.
Beautiful rocky peaks of natural sculptures formed under the influence of winds harmattanskih Central Sahara.
Source: belorys-kh.livejournal.com
Salt-water pool looks like a mosaic on the surface of the desert. The water from shallow wells is mixed with soil salinity, resulting in a suspension. The colors and shades depend on the color of mud, algae and salt. Salt is consumed by the local animals.
Valley Kamasay in Chad.
Hill sandstone make their way through the orange dunes in the Tibesti region, a few kilometers from the border with Libya. Orange sand formed by the erosion of Nubian sandstone.
Rub 'al Khali, Saudi Arabia.
Growing alfalfa as feed for animals on the irrigated lands in the desert at the edge of Wadi al-Dawasir. Each circle is almost a kilometer in diameter. Water and fertilizer are sprayed to make the earth a little more fertile. Water comes from a well depth of 100-200 meters, where it has accumulated as a result of rains hundreds or even thousands of years ago. Precipitation is already gone for 20 years.
Laguna Colorado, Bolivia.
A flock of flamingos on Lake rare in Bolivia, which is located at an altitude of 4260 meters in the Andes. The water is colored red algae that thrive thanks to the nutrients contained in the hot springs. On the lake there are several small islands of borax, as well as the largest population of all the flamingo ponds desert Altiplano. It is home to three species of flamingo: Andean, Chilean and James flamingoes.
Parinacota Volcano, Bolivia.
Ice this unusual shape is produced mainly in mountainous deserts of the Andes and the Himalayas at an altitude of 6000 meters. Its formation is due to a combination of processes of melting and sublimation, evaporation, ice water without an intermediate phase. The images show the volcano Parinacota height of 6342 meters. His rise above the constant snow cover has accelerated in recent decades due to rapid climate change. To the left of Parinacota volcano is Pomerape.
Ounianga-Kebir, Chad.
Small huts are scattered along the sandy peninsula of Lake Ounianga-Kebir, also known as Joa, in northern Chad. People are living right under the palm trees. Fresh water has accumulated here as a result of the rains of 5000 years ago, when the Sahara was a wet spot and stored in large Nubian Sandstone Aquifer, which lies in the central Sahara.
Rub 'al Khali, Oman.
Water from time to time comes out of the mountains and dissolve in the sands. Bedouins still graze their camels here.
Dasht-e Lut, Iran.
Megadyuny reach more than 275 meters high and stretch for more than 880 meters. They are formed as a result of strong winds, raising sand and silt from the place of the dry lake.
Dead Sea, Jordan.
The Dead Sea is not only one of the saltiest bodies of water on the planet, but also the lowest point on the Earth's surface. On the Jordanian side of the Dead Sea as a result of the waves it was formed a thick layer of salt crystals and stalactites.
Tassili du Hoggar, Algeria.
Beautiful rocky peaks of natural sculptures formed under the influence of winds harmattanskih Central Sahara.
Source: belorys-kh.livejournal.com
