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That is Ouda al-Salam, a Bedouin resident, and his camel, Bahr (his identify means “sea” in Arabic — in all probability as a result of camels are often called ships of the desert). This desert, with its bizarre rock formations, is the place Star Wars, The Martian and different motion pictures had been filmed, as a result of it actually does look otherworldly.
For a lot of the 12 months the bottom is, properly — sand-colored. However within the late winter after the rains, the colour inexperienced erupts right here! (You’ll be able to see a line of it right here behind Salam and the sand.)
Once I visited in mid-February, the bottom was lined with spiky jointed anabis and tiny, tiny purple flowers utilized in cleaning soap and tea. The Bedouin say the spiky crops could be poisonous to camels — they put knitted muzzles on to forestall them from consuming them. Desert truffles — a extra inexpensive cousin of the forest truffle — additionally pop up right here after the rain.
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