![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1645/jpeg/18t.jpg) Rusty spring from a car at low tide Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, August 29, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1645/jpeg/20t.jpg) Rusty vehicle spring at low tide Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, August 29, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1607/jpeg/14t.jpg) Rusty iron parts of a vehicle at low tide Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, May 29, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1607/jpeg/15t.jpg) Rusty iron parts of a decomposing vehicle at low tide Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, May 29, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1607/jpeg/16t.jpg) Mud creepers at low tide Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, May 29, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1645/jpeg/21t.jpg) Masses of germinating fruits of mangrove (Avicennia marina) washed out at high tide on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, August 29, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1572/jpeg/16t.jpg) Mangrove forest at low tide near Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, April 4, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1572/jpeg/17t.jpg) Mud flat near mangrove forest exposed at low tide near Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, April 4, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1572/jpeg/14t.jpg) Mud flat exposed at low tide near mangrove forest near Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, April 4, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1709/jpeg/09t.jpg) Mangrove trees (Avicennia marina) at low tide south from Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, December 20, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1572/jpeg/13t.jpg) Muddy soil of mangrove forest exposed at low tide near Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, April 4, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1709/jpeg/10t.jpg) Mangrove trees (Avicennia marina) in salt marsh at low tide Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, December 20, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1709/jpeg/11t.jpg) Mangrove forest (Avicennia marina) in salt marsh at low tide Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, December 20, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1572/jpeg/24t.jpg) Aerial roots (pneumatophores) of mangroves (Avicennia marina) exposed at low tide near Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, April 4, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1572/jpeg/22t.jpg) Mud flat with aerial roots (pneumatophores) of mangroves (Avicennia marina) exposed at low tide near Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, April 4, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1572/jpeg/26t.jpg) Close up of aerial roots (pneumatophores) of mangroves (Avicennia marina) exposed at low tide near Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, April 4, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1833/jpeg/08t.jpg) Sea sponge at low tide on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, May 28, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1833/jpeg/10t.jpg) Mud creepers at low tide on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, May 28, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1798/jpeg/17t.jpg) Northern tip of Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim) at low tide. Al Khor, Qatar, April 2, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1607/jpeg/17t.jpg) Sea slug (shell-less gastropod mollusk, Peronia peronii, Onchidium peronii) at low tide Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, May 29, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/832/jpeg/20t.jpg) Mangrove trees at low tide in Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, February 19, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1798/jpeg/03t.jpg) Mangrove marsh at low tide on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, April 2, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/838/jpeg/03t.jpg) Old vehicles at low tide on a beach in Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, March 1, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1798/jpeg/21t.jpg) Beachrock and mangrove trees on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim) at low tide. Al Khor, Qatar, April 2, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/920/jpeg/26t.jpg) Rusty vehickles on a beach in Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, March 4, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/920/jpeg/25t.jpg) Rusty car fragments on a beach in Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, March 4, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1607/jpeg/18t.jpg) Ventral view of sea slug (shell-less marine gastropod mollusk, Peronia peronii, Onchidium peronii) at low tide Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, May 29, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1798/jpeg/18t.jpg) Sand ripples and rocky northern tip of Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim) at low tide. Al Khor, Qatar, April 2, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1798/jpeg/19t.jpg) Northern tip of Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim) and ancient fish traps at low tide. Al Khor, Qatar, April 2, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/838/jpeg/05t.jpg) Rusty pipes from an old vehicle on a beach in Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, March 1, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/838/jpeg/08t.jpg) Rusty iron door on a beach in Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, March 1, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1635/jpeg/22t.jpg) Limestone cliffs in Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, August 1, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1645/jpeg/09t.jpg) Mangrove forest on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, August 29, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1833/jpeg/15t.jpg) Mangrove (Avicennia marina) with aerial roots (pneumatophores) at low tide on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, May 28, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1798/jpeg/20t.jpg) Intertidal stone fish traps at northern tip of Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim) at low tide. Al Khor, Qatar, April 2, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1635/jpeg/25t.jpg) Ruines of ancient houses on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, August 1, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1635/jpeg/24t.jpg) Remains of ancient settlement on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, August 1, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1645/jpeg/30t.jpg) Masses of dry buds of glasswort on a shore of Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, August 29, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1645/jpeg/28t.jpg) Green seeds of mangrove on littoral of Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, August 29, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1645/jpeg/08t.jpg) Various salt tolerant plants on littoral of Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, August 29, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1645/jpeg/07t.jpg) Mangroves in salt marsh from causeway to Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, August 29, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1645/jpeg/26t.jpg) Germinating fruits under a mangrove bush on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, August 29, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1645/jpeg/23t.jpg) Mangrove (Avicennia marina) with fruits on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, August 29, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1635/jpeg/23t.jpg) Mangrove tree (Avicennia marina) with fruits in Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, August 1, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1645/jpeg/17t.jpg) Small mangrove trees growing on beachrock of Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, August 29, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1645/jpeg/16t.jpg) Masses of shells of small sea snails on a shore of Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, August 29, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1645/jpeg/10t.jpg) Seeds of mangrove (Avicennia marina) washed out on a shore of Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, August 29, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1645/jpeg/11t.jpg) Seeds of mangrove with sea grass and crabs washed out on a shore of Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, August 29, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1645/jpeg/14t.jpg) Green fruits of mangrove together with small fish washed out on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, August 29, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1645/jpeg/24t.jpg) Masses of leathery fruits of mangrove washed out on a beach of Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, August 29, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/921/jpeg/01t.jpg) Line of beachrock stones remained from ancient ingenious intertidal stone fish trap at low tide in Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, March 4, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/832/jpeg/23t.jpg) Grey mangroves (Avicennia marina, qurm, shourah) surrounded by aerial roots (pneumatophores) at low tide in Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, February 19, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1645/jpeg/13t.jpg) Green fruits of mangrove (Avicennia marina) washed out on beachrock of Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, August 29, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1645/jpeg/15t.jpg) Fruits of mangrove (Avicennia marina) with small fish washed out on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, August 29, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1645/jpeg/29t.jpg) Masses of dry flower buds of mangrove (Avicennia marina)(?) on littoral of Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, August 29, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1645/jpeg/25t.jpg) Fruits and dry twigs of mangrove (Avicennia marina) washed out on a beach of Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, August 29, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1645/jpeg/22t.jpg) Leathery fruits of mangrove (Avicennia marina) washed out on a beach of Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, August 29, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1645/jpeg/12t.jpg) Germinating seeds of mangrove (Avicennia marina) with sea grass washed out on a shore of Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, August 29, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1607/jpeg/10t.jpg) Beachrock near Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, May 29, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1583/jpeg/05t.jpg) Northern tip of Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, April 24, 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/2015/1555/jpeg/17t.jpg) Ancient ruins on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, March 7, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1572/jpeg/28t.jpg) Dusty cliffs of Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, April 4, 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/2015/1710/jpeg/01t.jpg) Northern cliffs of Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, December 20, 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/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/2015/1583/jpeg/06t.jpg) Cliffs of northern tip of Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, April 24, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1555/jpeg/10t.jpg) Shallow depression in Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, March 7, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1608/jpeg/04t.jpg) Glasswort (Salsola imbricata) taken from Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, May 29, 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/2015/1525/jpeg/06t.jpg) Purple shoot of parasitic plant Cistanche tubulosa (desert hyacinth) emerging from sand on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, January 9, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1645/jpeg/27t.jpg) Salsola soda (Suaeda maritima, Suaeda iranshahrii var. arabica) on littoral of Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, August 29, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1525/jpeg/07t.jpg) Seablite (Suaeda vermiculata) on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, January 9, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1583/jpeg/09t.jpg) Eggs of sea birds terns on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, April 24, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1608/jpeg/05t.jpg) Glasswort (Salicornia sinus-persica) taken from Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, May 29, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1583/jpeg/07t.jpg) Remains of fishing nets(?) on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, April 24, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1572/jpeg/21t.jpg) Mud flat near mangrove forest near Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, April 4, 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/2015/1710/jpeg/14t.jpg) Southern limestone hill on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, December 20, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1546/jpeg/09t.jpg) Erosion of beach limestone in Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, February 14, 2015
![](../../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/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/2015/1607/jpeg/21t.jpg) Intertidal cyanobacterial mat in salt marsh near Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, May 29, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1546/jpeg/01t.jpg) Crab on a stony beach in Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, February 14, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1555/jpeg/11t.jpg) Ancient stone ruins in Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, March 7, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1555/jpeg/12t.jpg) Ruins of an archeological camp in Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, March 7, 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/2015/1676/jpeg/05t.jpg) Shoot of Bienertia sinuspersici near Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, October 17, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1676/jpeg/06t.jpg) Close up of Bienertia sinuspersici near Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, October 17, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1676/jpeg/03t.jpg) Plant of Bienertia sinuspersici near Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, October 17, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1676/jpeg/01t.jpg) Seablite (Suaeda vermiculata) near Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, October 17, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1555/jpeg/18t.jpg) Plant of Salsola cyclophylla on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, March 7, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1572/jpeg/27t.jpg) Shells in dusty soil of Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, April 4, 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/2015/1709/jpeg/24t.jpg) Mangrove forest in fog on west side of Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, December 20, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1525/jpeg/03t.jpg) Flower of mangrove (Avicennia marina) near Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, January 9, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1676/jpeg/04t.jpg) Plant of Bienertia sinuspersici in sand near Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, October 17, 2015
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