![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1179/jpeg/22t.jpg) Round patch of Caloplaca aurantia lichen on a stone in desert near industrial zone of Ras Laffan, north from Doha. Qatar, March 23, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1179/jpeg/23t.jpg) Yellow crustose lichen Caloplaca aurantia on a stone in desert near industrial zone of Ras Laffan, north from Doha. Qatar, March 23, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1179/jpeg/15t.jpg) Golden crustose lichen Caloplaca aurantia on a stone in desert near industrial zone of Ras Laffan, north from Doha. Qatar, March 23, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1179/jpeg/17t.jpg) Crazy-paving pattern in the center of crustose lichen Caloplaca aurantia on a stone in desert near industrial zone of Ras Laffan, north from Doha. Qatar, March 23, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1179/jpeg/16t.jpg) Orange-brown disks of fruiting bodies (apothecia) of crustose lichen Caloplaca aurantia a stone in desert near industrial zone of Ras Laffan, north from Doha. Qatar, March 23, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1179/jpeg/18t.jpg) Crustose lichen Caloplaca aurantia with orange-brown apothecia crowded in the center of the thallus on a limestone rock in desert near industrial zone of Ras Laffan, north from Doha. Qatar, March 23, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1179/jpeg/20t.jpg) Sclerocephalus arabicus in desert near industrial zone of Ras Laffan, north from Doha. Qatar, March 23, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1179/jpeg/21t.jpg) Dry Arnebia hispidissima(?) in desert near industrial zone of Ras Laffan, north from Doha. Qatar, March 23, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1179/jpeg/02t.jpg) Blooming Helianthemum kahiricum in desert near industrial zone of Ras Laffan, north from Doha. Qatar, March 23, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1178/jpeg/26t.jpg) Flowers of Helianthemum kahiricum in desert near industrial zone of Ras Laffan, north from Doha. Qatar, March 23, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1179/jpeg/06t.jpg) Haplophyllum tuberculatum (local name Meseika) in desert near industrial zone of Ras Laffan, north from Doha. Qatar, March 23, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1179/jpeg/11t.jpg) Furry leaves of Pulicaria gnaphalodes in desert near industrial zone of Ras Laffan, north from Doha. Qatar, March 23, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1178/jpeg/21t.jpg) Two yellow flowers of Helianthemum kahiricum in desert near industrial zone of Ras Laffan, north from Doha. Qatar, March 23, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1179/jpeg/05t.jpg) Rhanterium epapposum (native name Arfaj) in desert near industrial zone of Ras Laffan, north from Doha. Qatar, March 23, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1179/jpeg/01t.jpg) Haplophyllum tuberculatum (local name Meseika) in desert near industrial zone of Ras Laffan, north from Doha. Qatar, March 23, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1179/jpeg/10t.jpg) Pubescent leaves of Pulicaria gnaphalodes in desert near industrial zone of Ras Laffan, north from Doha. Qatar, March 23, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1178/jpeg/17t.jpg) Seedling of milkweed Glossonema varians in desert near industrial zone of Ras Laffan, north from Doha. Qatar, March 23, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1178/jpeg/23t.jpg) Yellow flower of Aaronsohnia factorovskyi in desert near industrial zone of Ras Laffan, north from Doha. Qatar, March 23, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1178/jpeg/12t.jpg) Halophyte plant Zygophyllum qatarense in desert near industrial zone of Ras Laffan, north from Doha. Qatar, March 23, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1179/jpeg/12t.jpg) Blooming Rhanterium epapposum (native name Arfaj) in desert near industrial zone of Ras Laffan, north from Doha. Qatar, March 23, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1178/jpeg/19t.jpg) Desert species of morning glory (Convolvulus cephalopodus) near industrial zone of Ras Laffan, north from Doha. Qatar, March 23, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1178/jpeg/16t.jpg) Tiny brown desert flowers of Heliotropium bacciferum(?) near industrial zone of Ras Laffan, north from Doha. Qatar, March 23, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1179/jpeg/08t.jpg) Fluffy seeds of a plant of aster family in desert near industrial zone of Ras Laffan, north from Doha. Qatar, March 23, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1178/jpeg/24t.jpg) Aster like yellow flower of Aaronsohnia factorovskyi in desert near industrial zone of Ras Laffan, north from Doha. Qatar, March 23, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1179/jpeg/09t.jpg) Plant with silvery leaves Pulicaria gnaphalodes in desert near industrial zone of Ras Laffan, north from Doha. Qatar, March 23, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1178/jpeg/25t.jpg) Small yellow flowers of Aaronsohnia factorovskyi in desert near industrial zone of Ras Laffan, north from Doha. Qatar, March 23, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1178/jpeg/18t.jpg) Flower of desert species of morning glory (Convolvulus cephalopodus) near industrial zone of Ras Laffan, north from Doha. Qatar, March 23, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1178/jpeg/22t.jpg) Yellow flower of false sowthistle (Reichardia tingitana(?)) in desert near industrial zone of Ras Laffan, north from Doha. Qatar, March 23, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1178/jpeg/02t.jpg) Desert flower of Launaea mucronata (local name Huwa ghazal) near industrial zone of Ras Laffan, north from Doha. Qatar, March 23, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1178/jpeg/10t.jpg) Spherical seed pods of Reseda muricata with ants in desert near industrial zone of Ras Laffan, north from Doha. Qatar, March 23, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1178/jpeg/11t.jpg) Globular seed pods of Reseda muricata with ants in desert near industrial zone of Ras Laffan, north from Doha. Qatar, March 23, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1179/jpeg/07t.jpg) Yellow flowers of Haplophyllum tuberculatum (local name Meseika) in desert near industrial zone of Ras Laffan, north from Doha. Qatar, March 23, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1178/jpeg/13t.jpg) Rosette of drying leaves of storkbill (Erodium glaucophyllum?) in desert near industrial zone of Ras Laffan, north from Doha. Qatar, March 23, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1178/jpeg/01t.jpg) Purple desert flower of Scrophularia deserti (Al-Jar or Afaina in Arabic) near industrial zone of Ras Laffan, north from Doha. Qatar, March 23, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1178/jpeg/14t.jpg) Desert plant Herniaria hemistemon (local name Ghebayra) with tiny leaves near industrial zone of Ras Laffan, north from Doha. Qatar, March 23, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1178/jpeg/20t.jpg) Yellow flower of Launaea mucronata (local name Huwa ghazal) in desert near industrial zone of Ras Laffan, north from Doha. Qatar, March 23, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1178/jpeg/08t.jpg) Black and orange caterpillar of salt-and-pepper moth (Utetheisa lotrix) in desert near industrial zone of Ras Laffan, north from Doha. Qatar, March 23, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1178/jpeg/09t.jpg) False sowthistle (Reichardia tingitana, local name Hawzan or mureer, Hawdhan) in desert near industrial zone of Ras Laffan, north from Doha. Qatar, March 23, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1179/jpeg/19t.jpg) Yellow distaff-thistle (Atractylis carduus, local names jalwa, laymoony, shuwwaykh) in desert near industrial zone of Ras Laffan, north from Doha. Qatar, March 23, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1178/jpeg/15t.jpg) Inflorescence of Helianthemum kahiricum near industrial zone of Ras Laffan, north from Doha. Qatar, March 23, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1179/jpeg/13t.jpg) Seedling of milkweed Glossonema varians near industrial zone of Ras Laffan, north from Doha. Qatar, March 23, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1178/jpeg/06t.jpg) Yellow flowers of Helianthemum kahiricum near industrial zone of Ras Laffan, north from Doha. Qatar, March 23, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1179/jpeg/03t.jpg) Sunning dhub (spiny-tailed agama, Egyptian spiny-tailed lizard, dhab, mastigure, Uromastyx aegyptia) in desert in industrial zone of Ras Laffan, north from Doha. Qatar, March 23, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1178/jpeg/07t.jpg) Pitted darkling beetle (Adesmia cancellata) near industrial zone of Ras Laffan, north from Doha. Qatar, March 23, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1179/jpeg/04t.jpg) Sun bathing dhub (spiny-tailed agama, Egyptian spiny-tailed lizard, dhab, mastigure, Uromastyx aegyptia) in undeveloped desert in industrial zone of Ras Laffan, north from Doha. Qatar, March 23, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1178/jpeg/05t.jpg) Flower of Launaea mucronata (local name Huwa ghazal) near industrial zone of Ras Laffan, north from Doha. Qatar, March 23, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1178/jpeg/04t.jpg) Dandelion like flower of Launaea mucronata (local name Huwa ghazal) near industrial zone of Ras Laffan, north from Doha. Qatar, March 23, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1178/jpeg/03t.jpg) Yellow flower of Launaea mucronata (local name Huwa ghazal) near industrial zone of Ras Laffan, north from Doha. Qatar, March 23, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1563/jpeg/15t.jpg) Caloplaca aurantia lichen on a stone on a rocky ridge of Jebel Fuwairit. Northern Qatar, March 20, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2419/jpeg/07t.jpg) Dark brown crustose lichen Caloplaca growing on a yellow dispersed lichen Acarospora (cobblestone, or cracked lichen) in Enchanted Rock State Natural Area. Fredericksburg, Texas, December 25, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2419/jpeg/11t.jpg) Grey crustose lichen Aspicilia with firedot lichen Caloplaca on granite in Enchanted Rock State Natural Area. Fredericksburg, Texas, December 25, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2419/jpeg/12t.jpg) Grey crustose lichen Aspicilia with orange firedot lichen Caloplaca on granite in Enchanted Rock State Natural Area. Fredericksburg, Texas, December 25, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2492/jpeg/10t.jpg) Some grey crustose lichen on a stone in Zakhodskoe (Lounatjoki), 50 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 9, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1177/jpeg/04t.jpg) Flint stone with a wind carved hole on desert plain in area of dunes near Harrarah, west from Mesayeed, south-west from Doha. Qatar, March 19, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/138/jpeg/32t.jpg) Industrial Zone in Beer-Sheva. The Middle East, March 5, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2419/jpeg/03t.jpg) Dark brown crustose lichen Caloplaca on granite in Enchanted Rock State Natural Area. Fredericksburg, Texas, December 25, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2419/jpeg/04t.jpg) Dark brown crustose lichen Caloplaca on pink granite in Enchanted Rock State Natural Area. Fredericksburg, Texas, December 25, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2419/jpeg/13t.jpg) Brown lichen Caloplaca with other crustose lichens on pink granite in Enchanted Rock State Natural Area. Fredericksburg, Texas, December 25, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3581/jpeg/20t.jpg) Golden lichen Xanthoria parietina with another grey crustose lichen on a stone in Pavlovsk Park. Pavlovsk, suburb of Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 31, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1175/jpeg/18t.jpg) Rounded and fine-grained eolian sand in area of dunes near Harrarah, west from Mesayeed, south-west from Doha. Qatar, March 19, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1175/jpeg/19t.jpg) Close up of rounded and fine-grained eolian sand in area of dunes near Harrarah, west from Mesayeed, south-west from Doha. Qatar, March 19, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2419/jpeg/21t.jpg) Isidious firedot lichen Fulgogasparrea brouardii (Caloplaca brouardii)(?) together with other crustose lichens in Enchanted Rock State Natural Area. Fredericksburg, Texas, December 25, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2421/jpeg/21t.jpg) Large granite stone covered by cracked lichen Acarospora novomexicana (yellow) and firedot lichen Fulgogasparrea appressa (Caloplaca appressa)(?) (red) on Freshman Mountain in Enchanted Rock State Natural Area. Fredericksburg, Texas, December 25, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1176/jpeg/14t.jpg) Rounded and well sorted eolian sand on a crest of a sand dune in area of dunes near Harrarah, west from Mesayeed, south-west from Doha. Qatar, March 19, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2246/jpeg/09t.jpg) Caloplaca (orange) lichen on a roadside stone on north shore of Lake Somerville near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 15, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2418/jpeg/14t.jpg) Firedot lichen Caloplaca on granite stone in Enchanted Rock State Natural Area. Fredericksburg, Texas, December 25, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1559/jpeg/08t.jpg) Yellow garden spider (Argiope aurantia(?)) on desert spurge (summer poinsettia, Euphorbia heterophylla) on Green Circles (center-pivot irrigation) in Irkhaya (Irkaya) Farms. Qatar, March 14, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1183/jpeg/17t.jpg) Cat on stone steps at Umm Wishah Street, Musheirib area. Doha, Qatar, March 29, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1758/jpeg/09t.jpg) Stone house in area of Ras Laffan farms. North-eastern Qatar, February 19, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/167/jpeg/24t.jpg) Industrial zone near Ramle, view from a train. The Middle East, January 4, 2001
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1183/jpeg/16t.jpg) Cat sitting on stone steps at Umm Wishah Street, Musheirib area. Doha, Qatar, March 29, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/840/jpeg/13t.jpg) Baluch ground gecko Bunopus tuberculatus (Baiuch Rock Gecko, a lizard) found under a stone in desert. Harrarah, 40 miles south-west from Doha. Qatar, March 5, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2418/jpeg/16t.jpg) Firedot lichen Fulgogasparrea brouardii (Caloplaca brouardii)(?) on granite stone in Enchanted Rock State Natural Area. Fredericksburg, Texas, December 25, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2419/jpeg/22t.jpg) Isidious lichen Fulgogasparrea brouardii (Caloplaca brouardii)(?) on a granite stone in Enchanted Rock State Natural Area. Fredericksburg, Texas, December 25, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2001/209/jpeg/18t.jpg) Northern Haifa and an industrial zone, view from a train. The Middle East, June 7, 2001
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3588/jpeg/10t.jpg) Powdered sunshine lichen (Vulpicida pinastri) and another crustose lichen on a conifer log in Petiayarvi, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, August 3, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1205/jpeg/04t.jpg) Torch Hotel in Aspire Zone at evening. Doha, Qatar, May 10, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1204/jpeg/22t.jpg) Torch Hotel from its foot in Aspire Zone. Doha, Qatar, May 10, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1204/jpeg/24t.jpg) Aspire Zone Mosque and Torch Tower. Doha, Qatar, May 10, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1204/jpeg/23t.jpg) Aspire Zone Mosque and Torch Hotel. Doha, Qatar, May 10, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1204/jpeg/20t.jpg) Mosque and Torch Hotel in Aspire Zone. Doha, Qatar, May 10, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1167/jpeg/21t.jpg) Desert truffles (faqah) at auction in Omani Market. Doha, Qatar, March 8, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1205/jpeg/03t.jpg) Torch Hotel and utility building in Aspire Zone. Doha, Qatar, May 10, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1204/jpeg/25t.jpg) Aspire Zone Mosque and Torch Tower at evening. Doha, Qatar, May 10, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1197/jpeg/13t.jpg) Torch Hotel and a mosque in Aspire Zone. Doha, Qatar, April 26, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1205/jpeg/05t.jpg) Torch Hotel from its foot in Aspire Zone at evening. Doha, Qatar, May 10, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1204/jpeg/26t.jpg) Aspire Zone Mosque and Torch Tower at dusk. Doha, Qatar, May 10, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1204/jpeg/21t.jpg) Torch Hotel and Olympic rings sculpture in Aspire Zone. Doha, Qatar, May 10, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1197/jpeg/15t.jpg) Service tower and Torch Hotel in Aspire Zone. Doha, Qatar, April 26, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1197/jpeg/16t.jpg) Pedestrian overpass and Torch Hotel in Aspire Zone. Doha, Qatar, April 26, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1197/jpeg/17t.jpg) Pedestrian overpass to Torch Hotel in Aspire Zone. Doha, Qatar, April 26, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1759/jpeg/10t.jpg) Linaria albifrons against a picture of a desert taken from a roadside south from Ras Laffan. North-eastern Qatar, February 19, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1205/jpeg/02t.jpg) Olympic rings and Torch Tower sculpture in Aspire Zone at evening. Doha, Qatar, May 10, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1197/jpeg/14t.jpg) Torch Hotel and Olympic rings sculpture in Aspire Zone. Doha, Qatar, April 26, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1205/jpeg/01t.jpg) Torch Hotel and Olympic rings sculpture in Aspire Zone at evening. Doha, Qatar, May 10, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1180/jpeg/26t.jpg) Honey bee on a flower of Sodom Apple (Calotropis procera) near stone fence of Dar Al Salam Compound, Abu Hamour area. Doha, Qatar, March 26, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1180/jpeg/25t.jpg) Two ladybugs on a leaf of Sodom Apple (Calotropis procera) near stone fence of Dar Al Salam Compound, Abu Hamour area. Doha, Qatar, March 26, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1759/jpeg/06t.jpg) Blooming Linaria albifrons against a picture of a desert taken from a roadside south from Ras Laffan. North-eastern Qatar, February 19, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1759/jpeg/09t.jpg) Flower of Linaria albifrons with a picture of a desert as background taken from a roadside south from Ras Laffan. North-eastern Qatar, February 19, 2016
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