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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: 17.9 Mpixels (51.3 MB uncompressed) - 5225x3434 pixels (17.4x11.4 in / 44.2x29.1 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, window
Published in: Mauritania - The Wind and the City