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Who needs building codes?
1 year agoThat bike has lived a hard life.
1 year agoI've never been there but somehow imagined that all such marketplaces were crowded in every square inch, so it's surprising to me to see a photo that has no people in it. I suppose that reveals the depth of my own ignorance and preconceptions more than anything else.
1 year agoThat's a lot of fortification!
1 year agoOmlette looks good!
1 year agoWe found some today and will be looking for more tomorrow. When we get home we will mail you one.
1 year agoThanks Scott and Bill!
1 year agoAll those wonderful layers of sedimentary rocks makes me want to go look for fossils!
1 year agoSure looks like it!
http://www.africanplants.senckenberg.de/root/index.php?submitForm=true&page_id=77&preview=true&searchPageID=&searchTextMenue=Asphodel&search=%26%239658%3B&filterRegionIDs%5B%5D=1
Agreed with the IDs! Definitely a parasitic plant without chlorophyll for photosynthesis.
http://www.africanplants.senckenberg.de/root/index.php?page_id=78&id=8679
Great photo! Could not find any close matches though.
1 year agoCorrect!
Dromedary (Camelus dromedarius) and Bactrian camel (Camelus bactrianus)
https://www.dw.com/en/whats-the-difference-between-a-camel-and-a-dromedary/a-18210999#:~:text=The%20main%20difference%20between%20dromedaries,native%20to%20Mongolia's%20Gobi%20Desert.
Indeed Cistanche violacea, grows in deserts and dry land. It is the big brother of the Echinacea and it should be healty ( antioxidants)
1 year agoI think it's a dromedary because I see only one hump. A camel has two.
1 year ago
What a lovely, nicely cared-for, well-burnished saddle that is!
1 year ago