Side view of a boom ... Size:medium

Side view of a boom ... Size:mediumSide view of a boom, a large double masted dhow (sailboat) built in Kuwait, in the Persian Gulf between Dubai Emirate and Bahrain Island. The boom flies three sails, the first from the bow, the second from the main mast, and the third from the rear mast. The ocean surrounding the boom is choppy with a few whitecaps, while above the sky is empty of clouds. This image was taken during Wilfred Thesiger's May 18 28, 1948 journey by dhow from Dubai to

The falcon wears a hood decorated with a few long strips of leather

In the far left distance a low line of dunes rises just above the horizon

View of a house at a settlement in the Marshes

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party trekking through the Wadi Tayyah near Makha'il village

the father of Salim

He wears a Western suit jacket under his bisht

holding a shield

a dry river bed

In the background donkeys walk behind the well

in which he holds a small branch (used as a camel stick) and the reins of his camel

Behind them on the left two boys stand watching the men

In the foreground dry bushes grow scattered across softly rolling sand dunes