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  • A dead camel lies in the sand over jeep tire tracks in the desert outside of M'hamid in the Moroccan Sahara. The region of Ouarzazate and the Draa Valley is suffering from an extended drought that by some accounts has extended sixteen years.
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  • A man and woman walk through one of the many covered passageways in Ait Bounou, an ancient kasbah, or fortified village, in the Moroccan Sahara. The town is quickly falling into ruin as the inhabitants flee the drying well and the advancement of the dunes expedited by a 16-year drought and the damming of the Draa River.
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  • The setting sun illuminates the crumbling walls  of Ait Bounou, an ancient kasbah, or fortified village, in the Moroccan Sahara on November 8, 2007. The town is quickly falling into ruin as the inhabitants flee the drying well and the advancement of the dunes expedited by a 16-year drought and the damming of the Draa River.
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  • The crumbling walls of Ait Bounou, an ancient kasbah, or fortified village, in the Moroccan Sahara. The town is quickly falling into ruin as the inhabitants flee the drying well and the advancement of the dunes expedited by a 16-year drought and the damming of the Draa River.
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  • Children pose in a sandy passageway of Ait Bounou, an ancient kasbah, or fortified village, in the Moroccan Sahara. The town is quickly falling into ruin as the inhabitants flee the drying well and the advancement of the dunes expedited by a 16-year drought and the damming of the Draa River.
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  • The setting sun illuminates the crumbling walls and mosque minaret of Ait Bounou, an ancient kasbah, or fortified village, in the Moroccan Sahara on November 8, 2007. The town is quickly falling into ruin as the inhabitants flee the drying well and the advancement of the dunes expedited by a 16-year drought and the damming of the Draa River.
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  • Children play in the sandy passageways of Ait Bounou, an ancient kasbah, or fortified village, in the Moroccan Sahara. The town is quickly falling into ruin as the inhabitants flee the drying well and the advancement of the dunes expedited by a 16-year drought and the damming of the Draa River.
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  • The crumbling walls of Ait Bounou, an ancient kasbah, or fortified village, in the Moroccan Sahara. The town is quickly falling into ruin as the inhabitants flee the drying well and the advancement of the dunes expedited by a 16-year drought and the damming of the Draa River.
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  • A modern light post stands overlooking the crumbling walls and mosque of Ait Bounou, an ancient kasbah, or fortified village, in the Moroccan Sahara. The town is quickly falling into ruin as the inhabitants flee the drying well and the advancement of the dunes expedited by a 16-year drought and the damming of the Draa River.
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  • Sunset illuminates the dome roof of a Marabout, or tomb of a venerated saint, in Ait Bounou, an ancient kasbah, or fortified village, in the Moroccan Sahara. The town is quickly falling into ruin as the inhabitants flee the drying well and the advancement of the dunes expedited by a 16-year drought and the damming of the Draa River.
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  • Sunset casts a long shadow across the dirt road leading to Ait Bounou, an ancient kasbah, or fortified village, in the Moroccan Sahara. The town is quickly falling into ruin as the inhabitants flee the drying well and the advancement of the dunes expedited by a 16-year drought and the damming of the Draa River.
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  • Ripples in the sand are highlighted by a low angled sun at the large sand dunes of Erg Zehar, near M'hamid Morocco.
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  • Ripples in the sand are highlighted by a low angled sun at the large sand dunes of Erg Zehar, near M'hamid Morocco.
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  • Berber nomad camel guide El-Hussein Sbiti collects woody debris to build a campfire at camp among the dunes of Erg Zehar, near M'hamid, Morocco. Sbiti, like many berber nomads in the region, has found opportunity in the new tourism trade burgeoning since the settling of tensions between Morocco and neighboring Algeria.
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  • Two camels on a three-day trek to the remote sand dunes of Erg Zehar, near M'hamid in the Moroccan Sahara.
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  • Sunset light strikes the large and expansive sand dunes of Erg Zehar, near M'hamid, Morocco.
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  • Elhussein Sbiti leads two camels through the desert on a three-day camel trek to the remote dunes of Erg Zehar, near M'hamid in the Moroccan Sahara. Sbiti, like many berber nomads in the region, has found opportunity in the new tourism trade burgeoning since the settling of tensions between Morocco and neighboring Algeria.
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  • Camel guide Elhussein Sbiti sits outside, his head and neck wrapped in a turban, at camp on a trek to the remote sand dunes of Erg Zehar, near M'hamid, Morocco. Sbiti, like many berber nomads in the region, has found opportunity in the new tourism trade burgeoning since the settling of tensions between Morocco and neighboring Algeria.
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  • Camel guide Elhussein Sbiti pours mint tea from a tea kettle as he sits near a campfire on a three-day camel trek to the remote sand dunes of Erg Zehar, near M'hamid in the Moroccan Sahara. Sbiti, like many berber nomads in the region, has found opportunity in the new tourism trade burgeoning since the settling of tensions between Morocco and neighboring Algeria..
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  • Elhussein Sbiti leads an American client on a three-day camel trek to the remote dunes of Erg Zehar, near M'hamid in the Moroccan Sahara, as a water bottle falls from one of the camels. Sbiti, like many berber nomads in the region, has found opportunity in the new tourism trade burgeoning since the settling of tensions between Morocco and neighboring Algeria.
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  • Last light falls on the large sand dunes of Erg Zehar, near M'hamid, Morocco.
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  • Ripples created by wind in the sand at the dunes of Erg Zehar, near M'hamid, Morocco.
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  • Elhussein Sbiti leads an American client on a three-day camel trek to the remote dunes of Erg Zehar, near M'hamid in the Moroccan Sahara. Sbiti, like many berber nomads in the region, has found opportunity in the new tourism trade burgeoning since the settling of tensions between Morocco and neighboring Algeria.
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  • Ruins of an ancient kasbah in the desert outside of M'hamid, Morocco.
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  • Camel guide Elhussein Sbiti stands on a dune at sunrise looking over the desert on a three-day camel trek to the remote sand dunes of Erg Zehar, near M'hamid in the Moroccan Sahara. Sbiti, like many berber nomads in the region, has found opportunity in the new tourism trade burgeoning since the settling of tensions between Morocco and neighboring Algeria..
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  • Jeep tracks, embossed into the fragile crust of the desert plateau, extend to the horizon towards the popular dunes of Erg Chigaga near the frontier town of M'hamid, Morocco. The tourism industry has taken off in the last few years thanks to the relaxing of tensions with neighboring Algeria.
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  • Two men pack dried dates into a sac at the open-air market in Tagounite, southern Morocco.
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  • A campfire glows at twilight besides a tent among the sand dunes of Erg Zehar, a three-day camel trek away from the outpost town of M'hamid, Morocco.
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  • Elhussein Sbiti leads two camels through the desert on a three-day camel trek to the remote dunes of Erg Zehar, near M'hamid in the Moroccan Sahara. Sbiti, like many berber nomads in the region, has found opportunity in the new tourism trade burgeoning since the settling of tensions between Morocco and neighboring Algeria.
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  • Berber nomad camel guide El-Hussein Sbiti carries woody debris collected during the course of the day to build a campfire at camp among the dunes of Erg Zehar, near M'hamid, Morocco. Sbiti, like many berber nomads in the region, has found opportunity in the new tourism trade burgeoning since the settling of tensions between Morocco and neighboring Algeria.
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  • A lone camel, its front legs tied by its keeper to prevent it from running away, walks in search of food near camp in the large sand dunes of Erg Zehar near M'hamid, Morocco.
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  • Elhussein Sbiti leads an American client on a three-day camel trek to the remote dunes of Erg Zehar, near M'hamid in the Moroccan Sahara. Sbiti, like many berber nomads in the region, has found opportunity in the new tourism trade burgeoning since the settling of tensions between Morocco and neighboring Algeria.
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  • A lonely bush is highlighted by a low angled sun at the large sand dunes of Erg Zehar, near M'hamid Morocco.
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  • The dried and cracking feet of Berber nomad camel guide El-Hussein Sbiti resting on a rug at camp in the dunes of Erg Zehar, outside M'Hamid, Morocco. Sbiti, like many berber nomads in the region, has found opportunity in the new tourism trade burgeoning since the settling of tensions between Morocco and neighboring Algeria.
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  • Elhussein Sbiti leads an American client on a three-day camel trek to the remote dunes of Erg Zehar, near M'hamid in the Moroccan Sahara. Sbiti, like many berber nomads in the region, has found opportunity in the new tourism trade burgeoning since the settling of tensions between Morocco and neighboring Algeria.
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  • A lone camel walks in search of food among the large sand dunes of Erg Zehar near M'hamid, Morocco.
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  • A lone camel, its front legs tied by its keeper to prevent it from running away, walks in search of food around camp among the large sand dunes of Erg Zehar near M'hamid, Morocco.
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  • Camel guide Elhussein Sbiti stands on a dune at sunrise looking over the desert on a three-day camel trek to the remote sand dunes of Erg Zehar, near M'hamid in the Moroccan Sahara. Sbiti, like many berber nomads in the region, has found opportunity in the new tourism trade burgeoning since the settling of tensions between Morocco and neighboring Algeria..
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  • Camel guide Elhussein Sbiti with his two camels on a three-day trek to the remote sand dunes of Erg Zehar, near M'hamid in the Moroccan Sahara. Sbiti, like many berber nomads in the region, has found opportunity in the new tourism trade burgeoning since the settling of tensions between Morocco and neighboring Algeria..
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  • Elhussein Sbiti helps an American client dismount from a camel on a three-day trek to the remote dunes of Erg Zehar, near M'hamid in the Moroccan Sahara. Sbiti, like many berber nomads in the region, has found opportunity in the new tourism trade burgeoning since the settling of tensions between Morocco and neighboring Algeria.
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  • Large amounts of dried dates on sale at the open-air market in Tagounite, southern Morocco.
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  • A lone camel walks in search of food near camp in the large sand dunes of Erg Zehar near M'hamid, Morocco.
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  • Berber nomad camel guide El-Hussein Sbiti pours cups of mint tea in a tent during a trip to the Erg Zehar dunes, outside M'Hamid, Morocco. Sbiti, like many berber nomads in the region, has found opportunity in the new tourism trade burgeoning since the settling of tensions between Morocco and neighboring Algeria.
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  • Elhussein Sbiti leads an American client on a three-day camel trek to the remote dunes of Erg Zehar, near M'hamid in the Moroccan Sahara. Sbiti, like many berber nomads in the region, has found opportunity in the new tourism trade burgeoning since the settling of tensions between Morocco and neighboring Algeria.
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  • Local bike mechanic Dligui "Le Cycliste" Abdelkader chats with customer Dafali Aziz as he services a bike outside his shop in the dusty one-road town of Tagounite, Morocco on November 7, 2007.
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  • A young man drops palm tree branches pruned from trees on the grounds of a hotel and campground outside the village of Ouled Driss, Morocco.
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  • Last light falls on the large sand dunes of Erg Zehar, a three-day camel trek away from the outpost town of M'hamid, Morocco.
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  • Last light falls on the large sand dunes of Erg Zehar, a three-day camel trek away from the outpost town of M'hamid, Morocco.
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  • Sunset light strikes the large and expansive sand dunes of Erg Zehar, near M'hamid, Morocco.
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  • Sunset light strikes the large and expansive sand dunes of Erg Zehar, near M'hamid, Morocco.
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  • Sunset light strikes the large and expansive sand dunes of Erg Zehar, near M'hamid, Morocco.
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  • Elhussein Sbiti leads two camels through the desert on a three-day camel trek to the remote dunes of Erg Zehar, near M'hamid in the Moroccan Sahara. Sbiti, like many berber nomads in the region, has found opportunity in the new tourism trade burgeoning since the settling of tensions between Morocco and neighboring Algeria.
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  • Elhussein Sbiti leads two camels through the desert on a three-day camel trek to the remote dunes of Erg Zehar, near M'hamid in the Moroccan Sahara. Sbiti, like many berber nomads in the region, has found opportunity in the new tourism trade burgeoning since the settling of tensions between Morocco and neighboring Algeria.
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  • Sunset light strikes the large and expansive sand dunes of Erg Zehar, near M'hamid, Morocco.
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  • The sun sets over the large and expansive sand dunes of Erg Zehar, near M'hamid, Morocco.
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  • Beetle tracks through the sand large in the dunes of Erg Zehar, near M'hamid, Morocco.
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  • Two parallel lizard tracks through the sand large in the dunes of Erg Zehar, near M'hamid, Morocco.
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  • Camel guide Elhussein Sbiti raises his hand in greeting on a three-day camel trek to the remote sand dunes of Erg Zehar, near M'hamid in the Moroccan Sahara. Sbiti, like many berber nomads in the region, has found opportunity in the new tourism trade burgeoning since the settling of tensions between Morocco and neighboring Algeria..
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  • A young man carries palm tree branches pruned from trees on the grounds of a hotel and campground outside the village of Ouled Driss, Morocco.
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  • A lone camel stands among the sand dunes of Erg Zehar near M'hamid, Morocco.
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  • Last light falls on the large sand dunes of Erg Zehar, near M'hamid, Morocco.
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  • Sunset light strikes the large and expansive sand dunes of Erg Zehar, near M'hamid, Morocco.
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  • Star trails over a tent illuminated at night among sand dunes on a guided camel trek to the Erg Zehar region near M'hamid, Morocco.
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  • Elhussein Sbiti leads an American client on a three-day camel trek to the remote dunes of Erg Zehar, near M'hamid in the Moroccan Sahara. Sbiti, like many berber nomads in the region, has found opportunity in the new tourism trade burgeoning since the settling of tensions between Morocco and neighboring Algeria.
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  • Elhussein Sbiti leads an American client on a three-day camel trek to the remote dunes of Erg Zehar, near M'hamid in the Moroccan Sahara. Sbiti, like many berber nomads in the region, has found opportunity in the new tourism trade burgeoning since the settling of tensions between Morocco and neighboring Algeria.
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  • Camel guide Elhussein Sbiti speaks with his female American client under a camel on a three-day trek to the remote sand dunes of Erg Zehar, near M'hamid in the Moroccan Sahara. Sbiti, like many berber nomads in the region, has found opportunity in the new tourism trade burgeoning since the settling of tensions between Morocco and neighboring Algeria..
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  • Adobe walls, palm trees and power lines are lit by street lights at twilight along a dirt road leading to Ait Bounou, an ancient village in the Moroccan Sahara on November 8, 2007. Ait Bounou is threatened by extreme drought, yet the path is lined with newly built luxury tourist hotels equipped with swimming pools.
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  • Last light falls on the large sand dunes of Erg Zehar, a three-day camel trek away from the outpost town of M'hamid, Morocco.
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  • Elhussein Sbiti leads two camels through the desert on a three-day camel trek to the remote dunes of Erg Zehar, near M'hamid in the Moroccan Sahara. Sbiti, like many berber nomads in the region, has found opportunity in the new tourism trade burgeoning since the settling of tensions between Morocco and neighboring Algeria.
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  • The morning sun rises over the desert, highlighting the wavy pattern of sand dune ridges in the Erg Zehar region, near M'hamid, Morocco.
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  • A lone camel, its front legs tied by its keeper to prevent it from running away, walks in search of food near camp in the large sand dunes of Erg Zehar near M'hamid, Morocco.
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  • Camel guide Elhussein Sbiti stands on a dune at sunrise looking over the desert on a three-day camel trek to the remote sand dunes of Erg Zehar, near M'hamid in the Moroccan Sahara. Sbiti, like many berber nomads in the region, has found opportunity in the new tourism trade burgeoning since the settling of tensions between Morocco and neighboring Algeria..
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  • Liana Welty rides a camel on a three-day camel trek to the remote dunes of Erg Zehar, near M'hamid in the Moroccan Sahara.
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  • Ripples caused by wind in the sand at the dunes of Erg Zehar, near M'hamid, Morocco.
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  • Liana Welty takes in the views off the sea of sand  from the tallest dune in the Erg Zehar area, a three-day camel trek away from M'hamid, Morocco.
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  • A trail of footsteps in the sand weaves away over and through the expansive sand dunes of Erg Zehar, near M'hamid, Morocco.
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  • Camel guide Elhussein Sbiti takes a drink of water from his gourd on a three-day camel trek to the remote sand dunes of Erg Zehar, near M'hamid in the Moroccan Sahara. Sbiti, like many berber nomads in the region, has found opportunity in the new tourism trade burgeoning since the settling of tensions between Morocco and neighboring Algeria..
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