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A man walks over a dune overlooking Chinguetti
A man walks over a dune overlooking Chinguetti, Mauritania. Once one of Islam's holiest cities (today it is regarded as the seventh holiest city) it has been dated at a around seven hundred, (700) years old and is famed for it's Koranic libraries and distinctive mosque, Mauritania. From the story "The Wind and the City".
Author: Stuart Freedman
©Stuart Freedman
Photo size: 19.1 Mpixels (54.7 MB uncompressed) - 5366x3562 pixels (17.9x11.9 in / 45.4x30.2 cm at 300 ppi)
Photo keywords: Africa, arab, Background, Chinguetti, desert, dry, dust, flap, footprints, heat, hot, islam, Mauritania, Mauritanian, Mauritiania, muslim, robe, Sahara, sand, sky, Texture, travel, wind
Published in: Mauritania - The Wind and the City