![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1803/jpeg/08t.jpg) Close up of a desert locust taken from Maszhabiya (Al Mashabiya) Reserve near Abu Samra. Qatar, April 8, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1803/jpeg/07t.jpg) Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria)(?) taken from Maszhabiya (Al Mashabiya) Reserve near Abu Samra. Qatar, April 8, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1797/jpeg/07t.jpg) View of desert from a hill in Maszhabiya (Al Mashabiya) Reserve near Abu Samra. Southern Qatar, April 1, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1794/jpeg/25t.jpg) View of desert from the top of limestone cliffs in Maszhabiya (Al Mashabiya) Reserve near Abu Samra. Southern Qatar, April 1, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1796/jpeg/26t.jpg) Desert from the top of a hill in Maszhabiya (Al Mashabiya) Reserve near Abu Samra. Southern Qatar, April 1, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1795/jpeg/22t.jpg) Large burrow near limestone cliffs in Maszhabiya (Al Mashabiya) Reserve near Abu Samra. Southern Qatar, April 1, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1794/jpeg/15t.jpg) Large detached part of limestone cliffs in Maszhabiya (Al Mashabiya) Reserve near Abu Samra. Southern Qatar, April 1, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1794/jpeg/20t.jpg) Large stones detached from the edge of limestone cliffs in Maszhabiya (Al Mashabiya) Reserve near Abu Samra. Southern Qatar, April 1, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1793/jpeg/06t.jpg) View from a limestone cliff in Maszhabiya (Al Mashabiya) Reserve near Abu Samra. Southern Qatar, April 1, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1792/jpeg/11t.jpg) Desert species of morning glory (Convolvulus cephalopodus) on a gravel plain in Maszhabiya (Al Mashabiya) Reserve near Abu Samra. Southern Qatar, April 1, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1843/jpeg/17t.jpg) Sandy desert in Maszhabiya (Al Mashabiya) Reserve near Abu Samra. Southern Qatar, June 25, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1797/jpeg/06t.jpg) View from the edge of the plateau of a tabletop hill in Maszhabiya (Al Mashabiya) Reserve near Abu Samra. Southern Qatar, April 1, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1771/jpeg/10t.jpg) Desert spring of Qulmat Al Maszhabiya in Al Mashabiya Reserve near Abu Samra. Southern Qatar, March 4, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1792/jpeg/17t.jpg) Lower view of greater plantain (Plantago boissieri) in Maszhabiya (Al Mashabiya) Reserve near Abu Samra. Southern Qatar, April 1, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1789/jpeg/18t.jpg) Desert grass Panicum turgidum in Maszhabiya (Al Mashabiya) Reserve near Abu Samra. Southern Qatar, March 25, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1771/jpeg/11t.jpg) Green area near a desert spring of Qulmat Al Maszhabiya in Al Mashabiya Reserve near Abu Samra. Southern Qatar, March 4, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1792/jpeg/09t.jpg) Lower view morning glory (Convolvulus cephalopodus) on a gravel plain in Maszhabiya (Al Mashabiya) Reserve near Abu Samra. Southern Qatar, April 1, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1792/jpeg/10t.jpg) Upper view morning glory (Convolvulus cephalopodus) on a gravel plain in Maszhabiya (Al Mashabiya) Reserve near Abu Samra. Southern Qatar, April 1, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1843/jpeg/26t.jpg) Large plants of Bienertia sinuspersici at the entrance of Maszhabiya (Al Mashabiya) Reserve near Abu Samra. Southern Qatar, June 25, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1830/jpeg/26t.jpg) Seeds of desert grass Panicum turgidum (local name Thummam) in Maszhabiya (Al Mashabiya) Reserve near Abu Samra. Southern Qatar, May 20, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1734/jpeg/20t.jpg) Thousands of flying bugs in a desert spring of Qulmat Al Maszhabiya Al Mashabiya Reserve near Abu Samra. Southern Qatar, January 22, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1734/jpeg/19t.jpg) Reeds (Phragmites australis) in a desert spring of Qulmat Al Maszhabiya in Al Mashabiya Reserve near Abu Samra. Southern Qatar, January 22, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1796/jpeg/15t.jpg) Lower view of a bush of Traganum nudatum (local name dumran) on sand dunes in Maszhabiya (Al Mashabiya) Reserve near Abu Samra. Southern Qatar, April 1, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1796/jpeg/18t.jpg) Upper view of a bush of Traganum nudatum (local name dumran) on sand dunes in Maszhabiya (Al Mashabiya) Reserve near Abu Samra. Southern Qatar, April 1, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1792/jpeg/14t.jpg) Lower view of pink flowers of morning glory (Convolvulus cephalopodus) on a gravel plain in Maszhabiya (Al Mashabiya) Reserve near Abu Samra. Southern Qatar, April 1, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1797/jpeg/20t.jpg) Large half dry bush of Dipterygium glaucum (Cleome pallida Kotschy, Dipterygium scabrum) on sand dunes in Maszhabiya (Al Mashabiya) Reserve near Abu Samra. Southern Qatar, April 1, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1734/jpeg/15t.jpg) Smooth flatsedge (Cyperus laevigatus) growing in a desert spring of Qulmat Al Maszhabiya in Al Mashabiya Reserve near Abu Samra. Southern Qatar, January 22, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1771/jpeg/12t.jpg) Rabbit-foot grass (Polypogon monspeliensis) near a desert spring of Qulmat Al Maszhabiya in Al Mashabiya Reserve near Abu Samra. Southern Qatar, March 4, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1789/jpeg/10t.jpg) Flower spikelets of desert grass Panicum turgidum (local name Thummam) in Maszhabiya (Al Mashabiya) Reserve near Abu Samra. Southern Qatar, March 25, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1771/jpeg/13t.jpg) Reeds, Cyperus and rabbit-foot grass near a desert spring of Qulmat Al Maszhabiya in Al Mashabiya Reserve near Abu Samra. Southern Qatar, March 4, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1735/jpeg/06t.jpg) Desert Campion (Silene villosa, local name terba) in sand near the spring in Maszhabiya (Al Mashabiya) Reserve near Abu Samra. Southern Qatar, January 22, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1766/jpeg/15t.jpg) Large flower of Tribulus macropterus var. arabicus on sand dunes near the spring in Maszhabiya (Al Mashabiya) Reserve near Abu Samra. Southern Qatar, February 26, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1735/jpeg/27t.jpg) Large yellow flower of Tribulus macropterus var. arabicus in sand near the spring in Maszhabiya (Al Mashabiya) Reserve near Abu Samra. Southern Qatar, January 22, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1766/jpeg/13t.jpg) Tribulus macropterus var. arabicus with a large flower on sand dunes near the spring in Maszhabiya (Al Mashabiya) Reserve near Abu Samra. Southern Qatar, February 26, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1771/jpeg/14t.jpg) Masses of rabbit-foot grass (Polypogon monspeliensis) near a desert spring of Qulmat Al Maszhabiya in Al Mashabiya Reserve near Abu Samra. Southern Qatar, March 4, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1734/jpeg/17t.jpg) Spikelets of smooth flatsedge (Cyperus laevigatus) growing in a desert spring of Qulmat Al Maszhabiya in Al Mashabiya Reserve near Abu Samra. Southern Qatar, January 22, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1734/jpeg/18t.jpg) Masses of smooth flatsedge (Cyperus laevigatus) growing in a desert spring of Qulmat Al Maszhabiya in Al Mashabiya Reserve near Abu Samra. Southern Qatar, January 22, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1734/jpeg/16t.jpg) Spikelet of smooth flatsedge (Cyperus laevigatus) growing in a desert spring of Qulmat Al Maszhabiya in Al Mashabiya Reserve near Abu Samra. Southern Qatar, January 22, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1766/jpeg/16t.jpg) Large yellow flower of Tribulus macropterus var. arabicus on sand dunes near the spring in Maszhabiya (Al Mashabiya) Reserve near Abu Samra. Southern Qatar, February 26, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1789/jpeg/09t.jpg) Desert species of morning glory (Convolvulus cephalopodus) against blue sky on sand dunes near the spring in Maszhabiya (Al Mashabiya) Reserve near Abu Samra. Southern Qatar, March 25, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1801/jpeg/17t.jpg) Sandstone cliff in Maszhabiya (Al Mashabiya) Reserve near Abu Samra. Southern Qatar, April 8, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1793/jpeg/02t.jpg) Limestone cliffs in Maszhabiya (Al Mashabiya) Reserve near Abu Samra. Southern Qatar, April 1, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1817/jpeg/22t.jpg) Dry weathered wood in Maszhabiya (Al Mashabiya) Reserve near Abu Samra. Southern Qatar, April 29, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1794/jpeg/08t.jpg) Limestone cliffs in Maszhabiya (Al Mashabiya) Reserve near Abu Samra. Southern Qatar, April 1, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1795/jpeg/17t.jpg) Broken limestone in Maszhabiya (Al Mashabiya) Reserve near Abu Samra. Southern Qatar, April 1, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1797/jpeg/08t.jpg) Hills and sands in Maszhabiya (Al Mashabiya) Reserve near Abu Samra. Southern Qatar, April 1, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1796/jpeg/14t.jpg) Weathered wood in Maszhabiya (Al Mashabiya) Reserve near Abu Samra. Southern Qatar, April 1, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1797/jpeg/09t.jpg) Limestone hill in Maszhabiya (Al Mashabiya) Reserve near Abu Samra. Southern Qatar, April 1, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1789/jpeg/15t.jpg) Large bush of Tetraena qatarense (Zygophyllum qatarense) in Maszhabiya (Al Mashabiya) Reserve near Abu Samra. Southern Qatar, March 25, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1797/jpeg/02t.jpg) Edge of a tabletop hill in Maszhabiya (Al Mashabiya) Reserve near Abu Samra. Southern Qatar, April 1, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1793/jpeg/07t.jpg) Edge of a limestone cliff in Maszhabiya (Al Mashabiya) Reserve near Abu Samra. Southern Qatar, April 1, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1794/jpeg/01t.jpg) Branch of Agriophyllum minus in Maszhabiya (Al Mashabiya) Reserve near Abu Samra. Southern Qatar, April 1, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1802/jpeg/11t.jpg) Grass Stipagrostis obtusa in Maszhabiya (Al Mashabiya) Reserve near Abu Samra. Southern Qatar, April 8, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1802/jpeg/13t.jpg) Edge of a limestone cliff in Maszhabiya (Al Mashabiya) Reserve near Abu Samra. Southern Qatar, April 8, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1793/jpeg/10t.jpg) Vegetation around a limestone cliff in Maszhabiya (Al Mashabiya) Reserve near Abu Samra. Southern Qatar, April 1, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1802/jpeg/14t.jpg) Broken limestone cliff in Maszhabiya (Al Mashabiya) Reserve near Abu Samra. Southern Qatar, April 8, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1795/jpeg/19t.jpg) Weathering of limestone cliffs in Maszhabiya (Al Mashabiya) Reserve near Abu Samra. Southern Qatar, April 1, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1793/jpeg/03t.jpg) Erosion of limestone cliffs in Maszhabiya (Al Mashabiya) Reserve near Abu Samra. Southern Qatar, April 1, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1793/jpeg/04t.jpg) Top section of a limestone cliff in Maszhabiya (Al Mashabiya) Reserve near Abu Samra. Southern Qatar, April 1, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1793/jpeg/05t.jpg) Limestone rock layers in Maszhabiya (Al Mashabiya) Reserve near Abu Samra. Southern Qatar, April 1, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1802/jpeg/16t.jpg) Overhanging limestone formation in Maszhabiya (Al Mashabiya) Reserve near Abu Samra. Southern Qatar, April 8, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1796/jpeg/19t.jpg) Orange limestone formation in Maszhabiya (Al Mashabiya) Reserve near Abu Samra. Southern Qatar, April 1, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1817/jpeg/09t.jpg) Fossilized oyster shells in Maszhabiya (Al Mashabiya) Reserve near Abu Samra. Southern Qatar, April 29, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1797/jpeg/13t.jpg) Steep limestone hill in Maszhabiya (Al Mashabiya) Reserve near Abu Samra. Southern Qatar, April 1, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1796/jpeg/07t.jpg) Plateau of a tabletop mountain in Maszhabiya (Al Mashabiya) Reserve near Abu Samra. Southern Qatar, April 1, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1796/jpeg/22t.jpg) Limestone rock formation in Maszhabiya (Al Mashabiya) Reserve near Abu Samra. Southern Qatar, April 1, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1794/jpeg/11t.jpg) Overhanging top of limestone cliffs in Maszhabiya (Al Mashabiya) Reserve near Abu Samra. Southern Qatar, April 1, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1795/jpeg/20t.jpg) Odd shapes of limestone cliffs in Maszhabiya (Al Mashabiya) Reserve near Abu Samra. Southern Qatar, April 1, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1802/jpeg/01t.jpg) Vegetation on sand dunes in Maszhabiya (Al Mashabiya) Reserve near Abu Samra. Southern Qatar, April 8, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1817/jpeg/19t.jpg) Limestone fossil fragments in Maszhabiya (Al Mashabiya) Reserve near Abu Samra. Southern Qatar, April 29, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1794/jpeg/04t.jpg) Base hub of Agriophyllum minus in Maszhabiya (Al Mashabiya) Reserve near Abu Samra. Southern Qatar, April 1, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1796/jpeg/24t.jpg) Ant highway on a slope of a hill in Maszhabiya (Al Mashabiya) Reserve near Abu Samra. Southern Qatar, April 1, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1795/jpeg/01t.jpg) Pink limestone cliffs in Maszhabiya (Al Mashabiya) Reserve near Abu Samra. Southern Qatar, April 1, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1793/jpeg/01t.jpg) Small plant of Lotus garcinii in Maszhabiya (Al Mashabiya) Reserve near Abu Samra. Southern Qatar, April 1, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1801/jpeg/23t.jpg) Plant of Agriophyllum minus in sand in Maszhabiya (Al Mashabiya) Reserve near Abu Samra. Southern Qatar, April 8, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1801/jpeg/18t.jpg) Sandy area below a limestone cliff in Maszhabiya (Al Mashabiya) Reserve near Abu Samra. Southern Qatar, April 8, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1802/jpeg/15t.jpg) Erosion formation with sharp corners in Maszhabiya (Al Mashabiya) Reserve near Abu Samra. Southern Qatar, April 8, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1817/jpeg/05t.jpg) Vegetation at the foot of limestone cliffs in Maszhabiya (Al Mashabiya) Reserve near Abu Samra. Southern Qatar, April 29, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1792/jpeg/16t.jpg) Greater plantain (Plantago boissieri) in Maszhabiya (Al Mashabiya) Reserve near Abu Samra. Southern Qatar, April 1, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1796/jpeg/25t.jpg) Exfoliation of limestone on a slope of a hill in Maszhabiya (Al Mashabiya) Reserve near Abu Samra. Southern Qatar, April 1, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1817/jpeg/10t.jpg) Fossilized oyster shells on the ground in Maszhabiya (Al Mashabiya) Reserve near Abu Samra. Southern Qatar, April 29, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1794/jpeg/14t.jpg) Erosion of the edge of limestone cliffs in Maszhabiya (Al Mashabiya) Reserve near Abu Samra. Southern Qatar, April 1, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1802/jpeg/08t.jpg) Conglomerate of fossils on a limestone hill in Maszhabiya (Al Mashabiya) Reserve near Abu Samra. Southern Qatar, April 8, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1796/jpeg/21t.jpg) Texture of an orange limestone formation in Maszhabiya (Al Mashabiya) Reserve near Abu Samra. Southern Qatar, April 1, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1802/jpeg/12t.jpg) Blooming Tribulus macropterus var. arabicus in Maszhabiya (Al Mashabiya) Reserve near Abu Samra. Southern Qatar, April 8, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1796/jpeg/20t.jpg) Erosion of an orange limestone formation in Maszhabiya (Al Mashabiya) Reserve near Abu Samra. Southern Qatar, April 1, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1795/jpeg/23t.jpg) Washed out edge of limestone cliffs in Maszhabiya (Al Mashabiya) Reserve near Abu Samra. Southern Qatar, April 1, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1797/jpeg/01t.jpg) Erosion of an edge of a tabletop hill in Maszhabiya (Al Mashabiya) Reserve near Abu Samra. Southern Qatar, April 1, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1793/jpeg/08t.jpg) Broken part of a limestone cliff in Maszhabiya (Al Mashabiya) Reserve near Abu Samra. Southern Qatar, April 1, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1794/jpeg/26t.jpg) Dry wood near the edge of limestone cliffs in Maszhabiya (Al Mashabiya) Reserve near Abu Samra. Southern Qatar, April 1, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1794/jpeg/03t.jpg) Close up of leaves of Agriophyllum minus in Maszhabiya (Al Mashabiya) Reserve near Abu Samra. Southern Qatar, April 1, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1797/jpeg/22t.jpg) Weathered dry wood on a gravel plane in Maszhabiya (Al Mashabiya) Reserve near Abu Samra. Southern Qatar, April 1, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1797/jpeg/14t.jpg) Top part of a steep limestone hill in Maszhabiya (Al Mashabiya) Reserve near Abu Samra. Southern Qatar, April 1, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1797/jpeg/23t.jpg) Weathered dry roots on a gravel plane in Maszhabiya (Al Mashabiya) Reserve near Abu Samra. Southern Qatar, April 1, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1797/jpeg/25t.jpg) Decomposing dry wood on a gravel plane in Maszhabiya (Al Mashabiya) Reserve near Abu Samra. Southern Qatar, April 1, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1793/jpeg/25t.jpg) Close up of a shoot of Agriophyllum minus in Maszhabiya (Al Mashabiya) Reserve near Abu Samra. Southern Qatar, April 1, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1794/jpeg/10t.jpg) Detached piece of limestone cliffs in Maszhabiya (Al Mashabiya) Reserve near Abu Samra. Southern Qatar, April 1, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1794/jpeg/02t.jpg) Branching shoots of Agriophyllum minus in Maszhabiya (Al Mashabiya) Reserve near Abu Samra. Southern Qatar, April 1, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1794/jpeg/22t.jpg) Passage near the edge of limestone cliffs in Maszhabiya (Al Mashabiya) Reserve near Abu Samra. Southern Qatar, April 1, 2016
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