Side view of a boom ... Size:smallSide 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
In the near right distance an Arab man walks past a tree
View of a man at the watchtower at Al Maqta
and the (the mountain) Jebel Hafit visible in the distance
Sheikh Mubarak bin Mohammed Al Nahyan and some of their retainers in Al Ain
View of a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party in the desert of the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali)
This was the first time that Thesiger had worn Arab dress and he looks slightly uneasy and self-conscious
showing the round-walled watchtower
three of whom are standing holing poling sticks
In the distance beyond a salt flat (sabkha)
A peregrine falcon
points his camel stick in the air front of the three men sitting to the right
likely in the region of Al Humrah sands
