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images of JORDAN

by kind permission of Jorun Tharaldsen
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Wadi Rum
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You will find Juliet Walker's written account of this trip here
DHANA NATURE RESERVE
Salvia lanaghera
Tiny Linaria
WADI RUM
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Exploring Wadi Rum
I panicked going down here
Lawrence's Arch also known as Jebel Burdah
Bait Ali Camp, Wadi Rum
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Hotel in the desert
Aqaba Bay, early morning
Attempting a star in the Dead Sea
Madaba
The famous mosaic map of the Church of St George ...
with Jerusalem in the centre
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Aristolochia bottae
Tulipa argenensis
Roemeria hybrida, a species in the poppy family
Anemone coronaria
Erodium gruinum (syn. Geranium gruinum)
Ranunculus sp.
Gagea commutata
Tragapogon porrifolius subsp. longirostris (syn. Tragapogon coelesyriacus)
Euphorbia hyerosolymitana
Others were interested in the Tragapogon
Bellevalia flexulosa
Anacamptis collina
Anchusa azurea
MOUNT NEBO
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View from Mount Nebo
View from Mount Nebo
Dining in the river
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Lunch in Wadi Shuaib
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The Brazen Serpent
Anchusa azurea
Adonis dentata
Leopoldia longipes
Scozonera papposa
Ranunculus asiaticus and Adonis dentata
Convolvulus sp.
Allium neopolitanum
Iris haynei
Phlomoides laciniata syn. Eremostachys laciniata
Acanthus hirsutus subsp. syracus
Retama raetam
Retama raetam
Plicosepalus acacia, an African semiparasitic mistletoe
Iris haynei, dark form. So difficult to reach
Reckless photographer
JERASH
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View of Ajlun Castle from Jerash
From Jerash
View of Jerash from Ajlun Castle
Ajlun Castle, tourist police everywhere
Gun slit at Ajlun Castle
Fertile Jordan valley
Ajlun Castle
Lathyrus cicera
Vicia hybrida
Lots of small Silene
Hyscyamus aureus
Anacamptis papilionacea
Ophrys umbilicata, I was told
Cyclamen persicum
Iris bismarckiana, but so difficult to reach
Ophrys sphegodes subsp. mammosa (syn. O. transchyrcana)
Ophrys fusca
Orchis anatolica
Orchis galilea
Ophrys fusca, yellow form
Allium aschersonianum
Geranium sp.
Lathyrus pseudicecera
Gundelia tourneforti
Moraea sisyrinchium, everywhere
Asphodelus ramosus
Hyoskyamus aureus
Some of the oldest olive trees in the world
MUJIB VALLEY
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View of Mujib Dam
Geranium rotundifolium
Gladiolus atroviolaceus
Gladiolus atroviolaceus
Gagea rigida
Concentration
Astragalus sanctus
Calendula arvensis
Calendula with Gagea
Ornithogalum trichophyllum
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Semi-desert before Petra. Who would have believed we would find any plants here?
Astragalus tribuloides
Astragalus spinosus
Astragalus caprinus
Plant hunting
Unknown Asteraceae in bud
Gagea reticulata
Allium rothii in bud
Aaronsohnia factorovskyi
PETRA
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The Treasury, Petra
Petra from above
Going into the siq, the narrow entrance to ancient Petra
Sandstone of Petra
Tombs
Urn tomb, first of the so-called Royal Tombs
The ancient theatre built by the Nabateans
Nabatean style
Steps everywhere
The colonnaded street
Caves in Petra
Little Petra
Painted house in Little Petra
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Petra, old and new. The new Bedouin town in the background
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View of part of the Rift Valley from 1561m above sea level
DANA NATURE RESERVE then back to the desert of Wadi Rum
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Dana Nature Reserve
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Very rare Dipcadi erythraeum
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Cistanche tubulosa
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Dodonaea viscosa in the Araban valley
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Cynomorium coccineum parasitic on Zygophyllum
Scrophularia xylorrhiza
Gagea chlorantha
Astragalus cretaceus
Arnebia linearifolia
Wadi Rum
Wadi Rum
Cistanche salsa
Hyoscyamus pusillus, a miniature annual Hyoscyamus
Wadi Rum
Silene villosa
Linaria haelava
Centaurea pallescens
Asphodelus fistulosus, much smaller than A. ramosus in the desert of Wadi Rum
Tiny Cleome amblyocarpa
Jatropha integerrima
Astragalus sp.
FOLK WE MET ALONG THE WAY
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Such majestic police
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Pitstop in Little Petra
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We discovered a new talent
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A local farmer with Abdullah and Nasser, patiently waiting for us.
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Becky and Lesey and company at Ajlun
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Local musician
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Souvenir sellers ..
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... with a local flavour
ANIMALS AND INSECTS
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Sheep and goats on our way to Wadi Mujibs
MANY THANKS
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Oron Peri
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Our police escort, always ready with coffee








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A written account of this trip by Juliet Walker can be found here


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