alainloss: Arab nomads on the move with their meagre possessions on the back of camels
alainloss: Arab nomads migrating south to find new pasture for their camel herd
alainloss: Arab herdsman travelling across the semi-arid Sahel in search of better grazing grounds and water sources
alainloss: Animal-powered well with a bag connected to a long rope and guided by a pulley. The camel is used to raise the pulled bag to the surface
alainloss: To draw water from a deep well, Tubu use the old Delou (meaning pouch in Arabic) system consisting of a water vessel, a rope and a pulley
alainloss: Anakassa camel herder
alainloss: The plastic bucket is suspended by a rope which is pulled by camels to raise the water
alainloss: Tubu nomads carrying water from the well
alainloss: Daza nomad with a scarf covering most of her head
alainloss: Tubu camel herder at the waterhole
alainloss: Camels can go a week without water but when it's time to quench their thirst they can drink up to thirty liters
alainloss: Daza (part of the Tubu ethnic group) are fierce and independent nomads often feared by their neighbours
alainloss: The well is also a spot where Daza nomads gather and socialise
alainloss: Tubu girls fill water containers at the well which will be loaded on donkeys
alainloss: Camel power meets solar power
alainloss: Sheeps wait for their turn to drink while a camel pulls a bucket of water out of the well
alainloss: The precious water is carried in a tyre inner tube
alainloss: Tubu herdsmen wrapped in cloth to cover their faces from the sun and sand
alainloss: Camel caravan travelling from Demi salt pans to Fada
alainloss: Salt caravan travelling across the vast expanse of sand and rock
alainloss: Camel tied together head to tail with the caravan leader on the first camel
alainloss: Sandstone is a particularly soft rock and over a very long period of time got eroded by the wind to form pinnacles
alainloss: The small tree on the left gives a sense of how tall the sandstone pillars are
alainloss: Toyota 4x4 in the vast expanse of towering rocks
alainloss: A window over the Sahara desert
alainloss: Over millions of years, wind shaped the rocks into majectic pinnacles
alainloss: Towering bulb-shaped pillar
alainloss: Labelled as an Eden in the Sahara, the Ennedi Massif was declared a Unesco World Heritage site in 2016
alainloss: Sandstone bulwark at sunset
alainloss: Nestled in among a towering gorge, the Guelta d'Archei is one of Sahara's most famous water source