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JD 100 images Created 18 May 2021

JD - Jordan - Wadi Rum
Description: Travel and rock climbing at Petra + Wadi Rum, Jordan during a Nat Geo Adventure assignment with writer David Roberts and climber Lisa Gnade. (film)
Details: Photos captured in Jordan from 1998 

This is part of the AlpenImage Photography Archive, a vast image collection from around the world shot by Gordon Wiltsie. For more information about this gallery, or to browse the entire archive explore our interactive database at https://www.alpenimage.com/database
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  • Petra, Jordan. Visitor at the Obelisk Tomb, carved into sandstone cliff by ancient Nabateans.
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  • A traveler investigates the Obelisk tombs in the ancient Nabatean ruins at Petra, Jordan.
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  • JORDAN. A Bedouin nomad rides his camel through an ancient gate at Petra.
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  • A horse pulls a cart through the Siq, a dramatic slot canyon leading to Petra, Jordon,
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  • Travelers explore the Siq, a dramatic slot canyon leading to Petra, Jordan.
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  • Travelers hike through the Siq, a massive slot canyon leading the the ancient city of Petra, a World Heritage Site in Jordan.
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  • JORDAN. A traveler hikes in the Siq canyon leading to Petra.
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  • A horse cart driver and his friend talk at the opening of the Siq, an immense slot canyon leading to the mysterious, carved city of Petra, Jordan.  Behind is part of "The Treasury" building.
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  • Mountain police enter the Siq, a huge slot canyon leading to Petra, a World Heritage Site.  Behind is "The Treasury," one of this ancient city's signature features.
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  • A Bedouin youngster rides a burro down ancient Nabataean steps above Petra, Jordan.
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  • Hikers on ancient Nabataean stairs carved into Jebel [Mount] Madhbah, above Petra, Jordan.
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  • Travelers admire pillars in one of huge, carved buildings in Jordan's mysterious Petra, a World Heritage Site.
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  • An archaeologist holds ancient Nabatean pottery shards he found in Jordan's mysterious Petra.
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  • A traveler admires a Bedouin woman's baby goat near Petra, Jordan.
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  • A Bedouin nomad holds a baby goat near Petra, Jordan.
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  • A traveler examines colorful, layered sandstone near Petra, Jordan.
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  • Rock climber Lisa Gnade scrambles on colorful, striated sandstone near Petra, Jordan.
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  • Tourists walk past "The Treasury," a signature feature of Petra, a World Heritage Site in Jordan.
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  • A camel waits to carry tourist through Jordan's mysterious Petra, a World Heritage Site.
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  • Hikers climb past colorful, layered sandstone on ancient up Umm Al-Bivara above Petra, Jordan.
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  • A hiker examines a Nabataean temple frieze atop Umm al Biyara peak above Petra, Jordan.  (MR)
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  • Lisa Gnade climbs on sandstone crags above ancient Nabatean ruins at Petra, Jordan.
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  • Sandstorm haze & ravens above peaks north of Wadi Rum, Jordan.
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  • Haze from a sandstorm hangs over peaks of Wadi Rum, Jordan.
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  • Camper watches sunset between sandstone towers.
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  • A camper by his tent as sun sets over mountains of Wadi Rum, Jordan.
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  • A traveler camps in Jordan's Wadi Rum, at the edge of the Arabian Desert.
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  • A woman camps in dunes below cliffs of Wadi Rum.
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  • Lisa Gnade camped in the Wadi Rum. (MR)
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  • A climber ascends a boulder in Jordan's Wadi Rum, near the edge of the Arabian Desert.
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  • A climber ascends a boulder in Jordan's Wadi Rum, near the edge of the Arabian Desert.
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  • A woman runs through rough terrain in Jordan's Wadi Rum, near the edge of the Arabian Desert.
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  • A woman runs through rough terrain in Jordan's Wadi Rum, near the edge of the Arabian Desert.
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  • Hikers walk below Jebel [Mount] Khaz Ali in the Wadi Rum, Jordan. (MR)
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  • Hikers walk below Jebel [Mount] Khaz Ali in the Wadi Rum, Jordan. (MR)
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  • Hikers explore a siq [slot canyon] on Jebel [Mount] Khaz Ali in Jordan's Wadi Rum.  (MR)
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  • A traveler studies ancient petroglyphs carved into a cliff in Jordan's Wadi Rum.
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  • David Roberts hikes an ancient Bedouin route on Jebel [Mount] Burdah, in Jordan's Wadi Rum. (MR)
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  • David Roberts hikes an ancient Bedouin route on Jebel [Mount] Burdah, in Jordan's Wadi Rum. (MR)
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  • Trekkers hike up an ancient Nabatean trail on Jebel (Mount) Burdah in Jordan's Wadi Rum.
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  • Hiker ascend an ancient Bedouin route on Jebel [Mount] Burdah.  Jordan's Wadi Rum. (MR)
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  • A hiker stands atop a huge rock arch on Jebel [Mount] Burdah, in the Wadi Rum, Jordan.
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  • A trekker hikes across a huge stone arch on Jebel (Mount) Burdah in Jordan's Wadi Rum, near the edge of the Arabian Desert.
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  • A trekker hikes across a huge stone arch on Jebel (Mount) Burdah in Jordan's Wadi Rum, near the edge of the Arabian Desert.
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  • A hiker stands atop a huge rock arch on Jebel [Mount] Burdah, in the Wadi Rum, Jordan. (David Roberts, MR)
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  • Clouds sweep over the mountains and sandy plains of Jordan's Wadi Rum, In the Arabian Desert. (The view is from Jebel (Mount) Burdah.)
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  • Lisa Gnade (MR) runs down dune below Rakabat Canyon on Jebel Um Ishrin in the Wadi Rum, Jordan.
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  • Hikers in Jordan's Wadi Rum approach the labyrinth of Rakabat Canyon in Jebel (Mount) Um Ishram
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  • Climber Lisa Gnade scrambles on strangely eroded sandstone in Rakabat Canyon, Jebel Um Ishrin, Wadi Rum, Jordan.
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  • A rock climber in Jordan's Wadi Rum enters one of the labyrinth of side canyons in Rakabat Canyon on Jebel (Mount) Um Ishram.
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  • A hiker in Jordan's Wadi Rum navigates the labyrinth of Rakabat Canyon in Jebel (Mount) Um Ishram.
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  • Hikers descend the Wadi Um Ishrin in the Wadi Rum region of Jordan.
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  • A Bedouin nomad wearing his keffiyeh head covering, poses in the Wadi Rum, Jordan. The rope atop his head is called an agal.
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  • A modern Bedouin drives his vehicle through the sandy terrain of Jordan's Wadi Rum, near the Arabian Desert.
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  • Bedouin men wearing traditional keffiyeh scarves chat and share tea in a wool tent in Jordan's Wadi Rum, part of the Arabian Desert.
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  • Dakhillala Suleiman (75), wearing a traditional keffiyeh head covering, eats Bedouin bread in wool nomad tent, Wadi Rum, Jordan.
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  • Bedouin men, wearing traditional kafiyeh and agals, share a meal in a wool nomad tent in the Wadi Rum, Jordan.
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  • Mzied Alzlabeh relaxes in Bedouin tent in the Wadi Rum, Jordan.
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  • Nabataean petroglyphs decorate a sandstone cliff in the Wadi Rum, Jordan.
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  • Sunset light glows on sandstone towers in the Wadi Rum, Jordan.
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  • Sunset light glows on sandstone towers in the Wadi Rum, Jordan.
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  • Lisa Gnade rock climbs in Rakabat Siq (canyon) on Jebel Um Ishrin in the Wadi Rum, Jordan.
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  • Lisa Gnade rock climbs in Rakabat Siq (canyon) on Jebel Um Ishrin in the Wadi Rum, Jordan.
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  • Lisa Gnade rock climbs in Rakabat Siq (canyon) on Jebel Um Ishrin in the Wadi Rum, Jordan.
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  • Lisa Gnade rock climbs in Rakabat Siq (canyon) on Jebel (Mount) Um Ishrin, Wadi Rum.
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  • Lisa Gnade rock climbs in Rakabat Siq (canyon) on Jebel Um Ishrin in the Wadi Rum, Jordan.
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  • Lisa Gnade rock climbs in Rakabat Siq (canyon) on Jebel Um Ishrin in the Wadi Rum, Jordan.
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  • Climber Lisa Gnade ascends an overhang in Rakabat Canyon on Jebel (Mount) Um Ishram in Jordan's Wadi Rum, part of the Arabian Desert.
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  • Climber Lisa Gnade ascends an overhang in Rakabat Canyon on Jebel (Mount) Um Ishram in Jordan's Wadi Rum, part of the Arabian Desert.
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  • A rock climber hikes between remote desert cliffs in Rakabat Siq (canyon), on (Mount) Jebel Um Ishrin, Wadi Rum, Jordan.
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  • Rakabat Siq, Jebel Um Ishrin, Wadi Rum, Jordan. A rock climber hikes between remote desert cliffs in Rakabat Siq (canyon), on (Mount) Jebel Um Ishrin, Wadi Rum, Jordan.
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  • A rock climber approaches remote desert cliffs in Rakabat Siq (canyon), on (mount) Jebel Um Ishrin, Wadi Rum, Jordan.
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  • A rock climber approaches remote desert cliffs in Rakabat Siq (canyon), on (mount) Jebel Um Ishrin, Wadi Rum, Jordan.
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  • Rakabat Siq, Jebel Um Ishrin, Wadi Rum, Jordan. A rock climber approaches remote desert cliffs.
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  • Rock climber Lisa Gnade rides a camel in the Wadi Rum, Jordan.
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  • A traveler rides a camel in Jordan's Wadi Rum, part of the Arabian Desert.
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  • A Bedouin boy leads a traveler on a camel ride in Jordan's Wadi Rum, part of the Arabian Desert.
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  • A young Bedouin boy leads rock climber Lisa Gnade on a camel in the Wadi Rum.
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  • Desert landscape near (mount) Jebel Khaz Ali, Wadi Rum, Jordan.
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  • Desert landscape near Jebel Khaz Ali, Wadi Rum., Jordan.
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  • Bedouin youngsters ride camels across the desert before a race in the Wadi Rum, Jordan.
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  • JORDAN. Arabian camel (dromedary) [Camelus dromedarius], used for carrying tourists in the  Wadi Rum region.
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  • JORDAN, Bedouin camel race, Wadi Rum
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  • A Bedouin youngster flies through the desert in a camel race in the Wadi Rum, Jordan.
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  • Bedouin youngsters fly across the desert in a camel race in the Wadi Rum, Jordan.
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  • A Bedouin youngster flies through the desert in a camel race in the Wadi Rum, Jordan.
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  • Lisa Gnade ascends the west face of Jebel (mount) Khaz Ali in the Wadi Rum, Jordan.
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  • Lisa Gnade ascends the west face of Jebel (mount) Khaz Ali in the Wadi Rum, Jordan.
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  • Mountaineer David Roberts rappels off Jebel (Mount) Khaz Ali in Jordan's Wadi Rum, a spectacular part of the Arabian Desert.
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  • Mountaineer David Roberts rappels off Jebel (Mount) Khaz Ali in Jordan's Wadi Rum, a spectacular part of the Arabian Desert.
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  • A sunset over the Wadi Rum in Jordan.
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  • Mountaineer Lisa Gnade rappels off Jebel (Mount) Khaz Ali in Jordan's Wadi Rum, a spectacular part of the Arabian Desert.
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  • JORDAN, Lisa Gnade rappels off Jebel [Mount] Khaz Ali, Wadi Rum. (MR)
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  • An overview of the modern part of Petra, Jordan. Its ancient Nabatean ruins are in the distant back left.
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  • An outdoor fruit and vegetable stand in Petra, Jordan.
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  • Bedouin youngsters fly across the desert in a camel race in the Wadi Rum, Jordan.
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