Niger - Going to Bilma

The Grande Mosque. Agadez.

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Ski shop. Agadez.

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Migrant workers coming home trough the Ténéré dessert from Libya.

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Breakdown. Ténéré dessert.

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Caravan going to Bilma to collect salt.

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Caravan going to Bilma to collect salt.

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Hoisting water from a well in the Ténéré dessert.

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Man and camel, salt caravan. Ténéré dessert, near Fachi.

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Girl from Fachi. Ténéré dessert.

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Girls from Fachi. Ténéré dessert.

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Arriving Bilma, camel parking.

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Camels waiting for salt. Bilma.

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Pool with salt sediments. Bilma.

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Extracting the salty sediments from the pool. Bilma.

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Mixing the salty sediments with sand and earth. Bilma.

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Casting the mixture into salt pillars (around 21 kilos).

Transporting the salt pillars down to the waiting caravans. Bilma.

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Preparing to load the salt pillars on to the camels. Bilma.

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Caravan pilot. Bilma.

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Salt caraven coming from Bilma with salt.

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Sand dunes, Arakaou. Near the Aïr Mountains.

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Passing camels. Arakaou. Near the Aïr Mountains.

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Passing camels. Arakaou. Near the Aïr Mountains.

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Assodé. Aïr Mountains.

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Small family, Assodé. Aïr Mountains.

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Small family, Assodé. Aïr Mountains.

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Pumping up water, Timia. Aïr Mountains.

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Shy boy, Timia. Aïr Mountains.

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Boy, Timia. Aïr Mountains.

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Old lady. Aïr Mountains.

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