Birth of the Day over the Dunes – Rub al Khali desert, Sultanate of Oman
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As night slowly gives way to light, the dunes awaken in a golden breath. Shadows slip along the crests, colors stretch across the sand, and the desert reveals itself in silent majesty. At dawn, every wave of sand becomes a mountain, every ray of sunlight a promise of infinity.
Desert Memories – Human Figures from the Immidir
In the heart of the Immidir massif, in southern Algeria, the rocks tell a story thousands of years old. On the ochre walls of the desert, rock paintings and engravings bear witness to human presence during a time when the Sahara was still green. Stylized human figures, hunting scenes, dances, and animals now vanished from the region — each line, each form reveals a fragment of life, an ancient bond between people, nature, and the sacred.
The rock art of the Immidir, discreet yet powerful, keeps alive the memory of a forgotten world.
Eurasian ermine (Mustela erminea) – France
Family vehicle, Cambodia
Desert Wheatear (Oenanthe deserti) on the crest of a dune – Arabian Desert
A modest and wary little passerine, it watches the blazing horizon from above, a quiet master of sand and silence.
Male Mountain Nyala (Tragelaphus buxtoni) – Bale Mountains, Ethiopia
Shy and elusive, the mountain nyala lives only on the Ethiopian highlands, among misty heather forests, alpine meadows, and shadowy clearings. Fewer than 4,000 individuals remain in the wild, most of them confined to the Bale Mountains — the species’ last stronghold.
Males are especially striking: larger and darker than females, they bear long, spiraled horns and a dark crest along their back that stands erect during tension or display. These features make them elegant, ghost-like figures of the high-altitude forests — rare, silent, and hard to glimpse.
Lesser Crested Tern (Thalasseus bengalensis) gliding over the waves at dusk – Oman coast, Arabian Sea
Bathed in golden twilight, this graceful coastal migrant skims the warm tropical shorelines with ease and precision.
Smiles During Holi, the Festival of Colors – Rajasthan, India
Drums are beating, colors fill the air,
Holi awakens, joy everywhere.
Faces light up with radiant smiles,
Hearts dance along spring’s vibrant miles.
It’s India in celebration — vibrant and free!
Pack of Abyssinian Wolves on Patrol in the Bale Mountains (Canis simensis), Ethiopia
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Abyssinian wolves feed almost exclusively on rodents. Their habitat is limited to the high plateaus and mountains of Ethiopia, where rodent density is particularly high. In the Bale Mountains, where this photo was taken, up to 6,000 rodents can be found per square kilometer.
This diet has shaped their behavior: unlike other wolf species that hunt large prey in packs, Abyssinian wolves hunt alone.
Yet each morning, before spreading out to search for food, clan members carry out a joint patrol across their territory.
On this particular day, six wolves from the Meguiti clan were roaming their land, ensuring no intruders had trespassed.
Wood gathering in the desert – Tassili of Immidir, Sahara – Algeria