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View of Sheikh Zayed bin ... Frame:goldView of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's hunting party in Al Khatam sands near Al Ain. In the foreground two peregrine falcons, each perched on a carved wooden wakir (block), rest beside large bushes growing in soft sand. Behind them, on the left, a member of the party leads a saddled camel by its head rope past a number of couched camels. On the right three men pack loads onto camels couched in the sand. This image was taken between December 20,

In the distance Wilfred Thesiger's party walks along the sand dune

a large party of riders travel towards the low ridge of Jabal Buwaydah

View of a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party standing in front of an expanse of low dunes in the region of the Suhul plains (Suhul al Kidan)

some of them grazing on the bushes as they pass

A small white domed building with a palm tree next to it

and Santa Ana Mesa visible in the distance on the left

Palm trees and other trees grow in the wadi

Portrait of two men at a suq (market) in the city of Ad Dali'

though only the knees of this person are visible in the image

on horse being led by attendant

The Abbot of Kargyu monastery is in the centre of the image in a grey robe

A third camel grazes on a bush