![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1709/jpeg/04t.jpg) Sunrise over mangrove forest, view to the east from a hill on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, December 20, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1513/jpeg/16t.jpg) Sunrise on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, December 13, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1492/jpeg/06t.jpg) Cliffs of Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim) at sunrise. Al Khor, Qatar, October 24, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1513/jpeg/19t.jpg) Mangroves at sunrise on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, December 13, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1488/jpeg/10t.jpg) Silty depression in Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim) at sunrise. Al Khor, Qatar, October 9, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1492/jpeg/03t.jpg) Salt marsh and Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim) at sunrise. Al Khor, Qatar, October 24, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1488/jpeg/11t.jpg) Remains of a camp Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim) at sunrise. Al Khor, Qatar, October 9, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1513/jpeg/18t.jpg) Salt marsh at sunrise on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, December 13, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1492/jpeg/07t.jpg) Archeological excavations on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim) at sunrise. Al Khor, Qatar, October 24, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1492/jpeg/08t.jpg) Antique stone walls on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim) at sunrise. Al Khor, Qatar, October 24, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1492/jpeg/04t.jpg) Salt marsh and cliffs of Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim) at sunrise. Al Khor, Qatar, October 24, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1492/jpeg/10t.jpg) Remains of a camp of archeologists(?) on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim) at sunrise. Al Khor, Qatar, October 24, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1488/jpeg/07t.jpg) Salt marsh from causeway to Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim) at sunrise. Al Khor, Qatar, October 9, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1488/jpeg/08t.jpg) Remains of archeological excavations in Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim) at sunrise. Al Khor, Qatar, October 9, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1372/jpeg/17t.jpg) Limestone hill on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, March 7, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1492/jpeg/11t.jpg) Limestone hill on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, October 24, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1488/jpeg/09t.jpg) Remains of excavated antique walls in Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim) at sunrise. Al Khor, Qatar, October 9, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1492/jpeg/09t.jpg) Excavated walls of a stone house on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim) at sunrise. Al Khor, Qatar, October 24, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1492/jpeg/02t.jpg) Salt marsh with a dead mangrove tree and Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim) at sunrise. Al Khor, Qatar, October 24, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1492/jpeg/05t.jpg) Salt marsh with mats of jointed glasswort and cliffs of Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim) at sunrise. Al Khor, Qatar, October 24, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1482/jpeg/21t.jpg) Limestone outcrops in Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, September 26, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1482/jpeg/25t.jpg) Limestone cliffs in Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, September 26, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1482/jpeg/23t.jpg) Rocky beach in Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, September 26, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1482/jpeg/26t.jpg) Silty depression in Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, September 26, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1798/jpeg/04t.jpg) Sunrise over mangrove marsh on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, April 2, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1482/jpeg/15t.jpg) Salt marsh from causeway to Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, September 26, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1482/jpeg/20t.jpg) Remains of an archeological(?) camp in Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, September 26, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1483/jpeg/14t.jpg) Halocnemum strobilaceum taken from area of Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim) in Al Khor. Qatar, September 26, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1483/jpeg/05t.jpg) Close up of Halocnemum strobilaceum near Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, September 26, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1482/jpeg/24t.jpg) Excavated stone remains in Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, September 26, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1676/jpeg/02t.jpg) Plant of Bienertia sinuspersici at sunrise near Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, October 17, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1546/jpeg/03t.jpg) Stones on a hill top in Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, February 14, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1555/jpeg/13t.jpg) View from a hill in Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, March 7, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1546/jpeg/05t.jpg) Surface of a hill top in Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, February 14, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1798/jpeg/08t.jpg) Hill slope on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, April 2, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1798/jpeg/10t.jpg) Rocky hill on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, April 2, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1546/jpeg/04t.jpg) Texture of a hill top in Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, February 14, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1546/jpeg/06t.jpg) Stone hill in Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, February 14, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1482/jpeg/16t.jpg) Mangroves in salt marsh from causeway to Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, September 26, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1482/jpeg/17t.jpg) Brown cat sleeping in salt marsh on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, September 26, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1483/jpeg/13t.jpg) Seablite (Suaeda vermiculata) taken from area of Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim) in Al Khor. Qatar, September 26, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1483/jpeg/01t.jpg) Glasswort (Salicornia sinus-persica) in Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, September 26, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1483/jpeg/04t.jpg) Seablite (Suaeda vermiculata) among shells near Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, September 26, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1709/jpeg/16t.jpg) Salt marsh with mangrove trees at sunrise on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, December 20, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1709/jpeg/12t.jpg) Mangrove tree (Avicennia marina) at sunrise on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, December 20, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1555/jpeg/16t.jpg) Pile of stones on a hill in Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, March 7, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1546/jpeg/02t.jpg) Black lichens on a hill top in Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, February 14, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1798/jpeg/09t.jpg) Rocky slope of a hill on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, April 2, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1546/jpeg/08t.jpg) Erosion of a stone hill in Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, February 14, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1798/jpeg/11t.jpg) Dry wash on a hill slope on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, April 2, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1710/jpeg/14t.jpg) Southern limestone hill on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, December 20, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1555/jpeg/14t.jpg) Stony surface of a hill in Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, March 7, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1555/jpeg/15t.jpg) Ancient pottery on a hill in Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, March 7, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1546/jpeg/07t.jpg) Ancient pottery on a hill in Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, February 14, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1482/jpeg/19t.jpg) Excavated remains of a house on the Kassite dye site in Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, September 26, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1483/jpeg/06t.jpg) Seedling of Glaucous glasswort (Arthrocnemum macrostachyum) near Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, September 26, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1482/jpeg/18t.jpg) Plant of Halocnemum strobilaceum in salt marsh on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, September 26, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1481/jpeg/09t.jpg) Salt tolerant plant Halocnemum strobilaceum on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, September 19, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1483/jpeg/02t.jpg) Close up of a twig of Seablite (Suaeda vermiculata) in Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, September 26, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1583/jpeg/03t.jpg) Mangrove tree (Avicennia marina) at sunrise on northern tip of Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, April 24, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1709/jpeg/15t.jpg) Mangrove tree (Avicennia marina) in a marsh at sunrise on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, December 20, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1483/jpeg/03t.jpg) Small plant of Seablite (Suaeda vermiculata) among shells near Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, September 26, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1483/jpeg/15t.jpg) Al Kheriza beach plant (Halopeplis perfoliata) taken from area of Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim) in Al Khor. Qatar, September 26, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1709/jpeg/17t.jpg) Salt marsh with a mangrove tree (Avicennia marina) at sunrise on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, December 20, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1798/jpeg/33t.jpg) Ice plant (Mesembryanthemum cryptanthum) on a rocky hill on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, April 2, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1483/jpeg/16t.jpg) Close up of Al Kheriza beach plant (Halopeplis perfoliata) taken from area of Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim) in Al Khor. Qatar, September 26, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1540/jpeg/14t.jpg) Emerging flower of Cistanche tubulosa (desert hyacinth, dhanoon, Tartuth) at sunrise near Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, February 6, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1540/jpeg/16t.jpg) Blooming plant of Cistanche tubulosa (desert hyacinth, dhanoon, Tartuth) at sunrise near Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, February 6, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1540/jpeg/17t.jpg) Emerging flowers of Cistanche tubulosa (desert hyacinth, dhanoon, Tartuth) at sunrise near Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, February 6, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1481/jpeg/12t.jpg) Typical vegetative stems with leaves terminating with a bristle of Anabasis setifera on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, September 19, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1373/jpeg/02t.jpg) Various weeds on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, March 7, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1499/jpeg/03t.jpg) Shore crab on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, November 8, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1505/jpeg/20t.jpg) Mat of Halocnemum strobilaceum on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, November 28, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1488/jpeg/16t.jpg) Shells of sea snails on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, October 9, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1372/jpeg/16t.jpg) Salt marsh near Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, March 7, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1709/jpeg/03t.jpg) Mangrove forest (Avicennia marina) in salt marshes, view to the south from a hill on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, December 20, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1513/jpeg/20t.jpg) Remains of archeological camp(?) on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, December 13, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1372/jpeg/14t.jpg) Mangroves (Avicennia marina) near Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, March 7, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1488/jpeg/17t.jpg) Glasswort (Arthrocnemum macrostachyum) on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, October 9, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1372/jpeg/25t.jpg) Lotus glinoides with fruits on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, March 7, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1372/jpeg/26t.jpg) Salt tolerant plants on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, March 7, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1488/jpeg/13t.jpg) Seagrass (Halophila stipulacea) in Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, October 9, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1373/jpeg/06t.jpg) Mesembryanthemum cryptanthum and nodiflorum on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, March 7, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1373/jpeg/08t.jpg) Close up of Mesembryanthemum cryptanthum on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, March 7, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1505/jpeg/02t.jpg) Salt marsh from causeway to Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, November 28, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1513/jpeg/17t.jpg) Salt marsh with mangroves on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, December 13, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1499/jpeg/07t.jpg) Twig of Salsola cyclophylla taken from Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, November 8, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1499/jpeg/02t.jpg) Some sea snail found under a rock on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, November 8, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1499/jpeg/05t.jpg) Sand crab bubbles on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, November 8, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1481/jpeg/11t.jpg) Close up of Salsola soda (Suaeda maritima, Suaeda iranshahrii var. arabica) on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, September 19, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1505/jpeg/07t.jpg) Glaucous glasswort (Arthrocnemum macrostachyum) on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, November 28, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1505/jpeg/18t.jpg) Winged fruits of Salsola cyclophylla on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, November 28, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1488/jpeg/20t.jpg) Jointed glasswort (Halocnemum strobilaceum) on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, October 9, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1505/jpeg/16t.jpg) Bush of Anabasis setifera with seeds on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, November 28, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1505/jpeg/14t.jpg) Red winged fruits of Anabasis setifera on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, November 28, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1505/jpeg/13t.jpg) Winged fruits of Anabasis setifera on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, November 28, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1505/jpeg/08t.jpg) Winged seeds of Salsola cyclophylla on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, November 28, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1505/jpeg/22t.jpg) Camping tent(?) in salt marsh near Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, November 28, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1492/jpeg/15t.jpg) Mat of jointed glasswort (Halocnemum strobilaceum) near Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, October 24, 2014
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