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Amar - The Last Jedi

About 40 kilometres away from Tozeur, along an unpaved track (passing through high dunes) one can reach the desert city of Mos Espa - which in Star...

by Fernando Mendes in Tunisia on 08/02/2010

Filming for the latest Harry Potter film ( the Deathly Hallows ) took place at Freshwater West a beautiful beach in West Wales. The set was a Shell house that was built just off the beach in the sand dunes.

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Harry Potter Filming at Freshwater West (Shell House)

Filming for the latest Harry Potter film ( the Deathly Hallows ) took place at Freshwater West a beautiful beach in West Wales. The set was a Shell...

by Zachary Donohue in United Kingdom on 12/05/2009

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Desert Lakes in the Libyan Sahara

Gaberoun Lake in the Libyan Sahara desert. Gaberoun lake, Libya. 31/03/2004

by Naftali Hilger in Libya on 31/03/2004

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08/02/2010 - Amar - The Last Jedi - Tunisia - About 40 kilometres away from Tozeur,...
12/05/2009 - Harry Potter Filming at Freshwater West (Shell House) - United Kingdom - Filming for the latest Harry Potter...

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World Championships Cyclo-Cross Elite Men
People participate in the Elite men's race on the dunes of Koksijde. Belgium. 29th January 2012
Grey Seals (Halichoerus grypus) On Donna Nook Beach
Each year, Grey Seals arrive on the beach at Donna Nook, Lincolnshire. Further along the beach, covers part of a M.O.D. area. This is used by the R.A.F as a bombing range near a local b...
Aboriginal artifacts and remain repatriated - Bidyadanga
A nationwide push by the Federal Government to repatriate Aboriginal remains, objects and artefacts stolen in the late 1800s, and early 1900s for museum and private collections in Austr...
The Pushkar Mela Camel Fair
The Pushkar Mela is an annual 5 day camel and livestock fair, held in the 5th most sacred Hindu pilgrimage town Pushkar, Rajasthan. November 2010
Texel National Park: Where human intervention creates paradise
The beauty secret of Dunes of Texel National Park, might be that alternative ways of travel such as hiking and cycling are fully exploited. Texel, Netherlands, 17th October 2011
The plight of nomadic children - Jaisalmer
In India there is no recognition of the citizenship of the child and their rights. This creates a paradox of worrying for their future when it is not possible to guarantee their well-b...
Local residents of Parangtritis perform Eid prayers
Local resident of Parangtritis, a small beach community, perform Eid prayers among the sand dunes in Yogyakarta. The time for Eid prayer is from when the sun is 3 m from the horizon unt...
Jewish Cemetery of Sidon in Lebanon
A few kilometers south of An-Nijmeh Square or Place d'etoile, in downtown Sidon, lies the Jewish cemetery on a small hill supposedly overlooking the ever blue Mediterranean. Beirut...
El Gusto Group perform a concert on colonial Algeria - Belgium
El Gusto is the story of a music class in colonial Algeria for 40 and 50. Students in the class come from poor communities who have found refuge in ramshackle houses of the Casbah. Brus...
Alarm at lack of security at Prince William air base - RAF Valley
Search and rescue helicopters piloted by Prince William at RAF Valley on Anglesey are being protected by little more than a rickety old fence and a rusty garden gate. RAF Valley on Angl...
Danish rock band Dúné at Nibe Festival 2011
Danish rock band Dúné performing at Nibe Festival 2011, an annual music festival located in northern Jutland. Nibe, Denmark. 30th June 2011
Palestinian youth are taught to ride ATVs on the sand dunes - Gaza
Young people in the Gaza Strip ride ATVs where a settlement used to be before the Israelis evacuated the are years ago.
A Palestinian man rides his motorcycle on sand dunes
A Palestinian man rides his motorcycle on sand dunes during the weekly sport event in the Gaza Strip town of al-Zahra, south of Gaza City, on April 1,2011. Palestinian youths use the du...
Vroom Vroom in an Age of Dreams:  The Geneva Autoshow 2011
The Geneva Motorshow opened yesterday in the heart of the Alps to celebrate its 81st birthday. Inspiring, Innovative and Passionately Expensive, this decade of automotive development ha...
Sand mining in Nagaland
An Indian labourer shovels sand into a truck at a sand mining site where he works, at Dansari River, Dimapur, India. 01/02/2011
Adventure Helmand - Afghanistan
Images from Helmand in Afghanistan where it seems business opportunities could abound across the Province once fighting has ceased. Kajaki, Afghanistan. 29/07/2007.
Changing face of Goan Beaches
Disappearing sands dunes, open toilets, and the changing topography of Goa's shoreline are prominent with the passing of every tourist season. Margao, India. 20/01/2011
Desert Lakes in the Libyan Sahara
Gaberoun Lake in the Libyan Sahara desert. Gaberoun lake, Libya. 31/03/2004
Palestinian youths ride motorcycles on Sand
Palestinian youths ride motorcycles on sand dunes at the former Jewish settlement of Gush Katif in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip. Palestinian Territory. 17/12/2010
Muynak, a port in the Desert
The ecological disaster of the Aral Sea has made a desert of this fishing town, leaving boats stranded in the dunes of what was a populous and rich fishing area and tourist destination ...