At the Tozeur airport. Saddam Hussein had these two 747's flown out of Iraq prior to the first Gulf War to protect them from American attack. The Tunisians are a bit embarassed about them. They tried to get Iraq to take them back, but the new Iraqi government disavowed responsibility for them. They're in a pretty bad state of repair at the moment, and would cost a fortune just to get flying again.
Some bedoin camels.
Taking a look at some eroding Pleistocene lake deposits.
Gian-Gabriele and Vicenzo.
Cool gypsum deposits sticking out of the ground like fins.
Gullies.
Four-wheeling across the Sahara!
The camel's neck formation.
Totally Tattooine.
Jani and Ralph.
More great yardangs near an old Star Wars set.
This set was actually buried by an advancing Barchan dune, and then exhumed as it exited the back side of the dune a few years ago.
As you can see, having been buried under 10 meters of sand has left it in less than pristine condition.
Jani, I, and Ralph holding faux lightsabers that I haven't gotten around to inserting digitally yet.
The exhumed set as seen from on top of the dune that had buried it. Yardangs and vehicles in background.
Hiking up a dune to see the Mos Espa set.
Mos Espa, viewed from a barchan dune that will bury it in the next decade or so.
Mos Espa set video.
Moisture vaporators?
Me in front of one of the town's huts (not to say, Hutts).
Mos Espa -- you will find only one more wretched hive of scum and villiany.
Out on the streets of Mos Espa.
Each building had a wonderfully ornate and unique door.
Okay, back to the sand. This barchan edge is a bit hardened (indurated).
That hardening prserves some of the bedding as the lee face is exhumed and exposed.
The interdunes look to have a different spectrum from the dunes -- some clear evaporite deposits in some places.
Jani kicks sand down a barchan. The stuff is solid enough that it just slides down on top of the indurated dune below, and does not initiate a dry flow like on less solid dunes.
Back on the edge of the Chott el Jerid.
These cool mounts aren't usually in water!
