Socotra bottle tree (Adenium obesum ssp. socotranum) UV
What's interesting with this landscape view of the bottle tree, is that the flowers appear same color in UV as the…
Dragon blood tree (Dracaena cinnabari)
A forest of dragon blood trees can only be found on Socotra, as this species exists nowhere else! Firhmin Forest is a…
Firhmin Forest, Socotra
A forest of dragon blood trees (Dracaena cinnabari) can only be found on Socotra, as this species exists nowhere else!…
Stera, Socotra
Although Stera is beautiful in the soft evening light, it's equally wonderful during the time before the sun makes it…
Stera, Socotra
Yet another gorgeous Socotra vista! It's a windswept place, and the dunes are here because of it. It was windy when I…
Stera, Socotra
The sand dunes of Stera is on the southern coast of Socotra. It looks peaceful and inviting here, but come the…
Stera, Socotra
An amazing vista - the mountains as a hard and uninviting backdrop to the soft and mellow dunes of Stera. The tree…
Stera, Socotra
Only when you have a known size in a landscape will truly see the scale, as is the case here with the photographer and…
Stera, Socotra
A lonely bush (Tamarix nilotica) and a lonely human in a vastness of sand! Socotra has many areas of desert-like dunes,…
Stera, Socotra
Although many plants species are very well suited for life here in the Stera dunes, some one way or another perish, and…
Stera, Socotra
This is from the south of Socotra, and when in between the dunes you only see the sky and the sand, you'd think this is…
Stera, Socotra
Yet another shot from my stay in the sand dunes of the south of Socotra. A short while ago I was on the plateau seen in…