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IRAQ

Kurdistan

First light

Horseshoe bend at Dore Canyon – arguably the most spectacular view in Iraq!

Eroding eons of time

Winter sunrise

A picnic to view

Rezan River

Ancient imperial city of Amedi

Shepherding around Mosul Dam shoreline

Rawanduz gorge

A balcony to Rawanduz gorge

Winding road along the Great Zab

Bradost

Shanidar Cave, a Neanderthals dwelling

Assyrian rock reliefs and tombs of Khinnis

Khinnis relief cliff face

Sennacherib, King of Assyria (705 to 681 BC)

Fallen Lamassus, the winged bull colossi

Close up of the winged-bull man

A distant view of Halgurd (the second highest point in Iraq) from Sakran Mountain

Zagros tarn

Not of this world

The hidden Naram-Sin rock carving of Darband-i-Gawr “Pass of the Pagan”, Kurdistan Region of Iraq.

The relief depicts Sargon the Great’s grandson, Naram-Sin of Akkad who reigned 2261-2224 BC. With axe and bow in both hands, the warrior slain and towers above his dead enemies. He was the first Mesopotamian king known to have claimed divinity for himself, taking the title “God of Akkad”, and the first to claim the title “King of the Four Quarters, King of the Universe”.

Memorial graveyard of the Barzani genocide, Barzan area

ANTARCTICA

Port Lockroy

Port Lockroy is a large bay that harbors a historic British Antarctic Survey base. A communication mast is just visible rising behind the huts on a rocky island to the right of the picture.

The natural harbor provides a safe haven for sailors who dare to cross Drakes Passage from the Southern tip of South America.

TURKEY

Atatürk Mausoleum, Ankara

Guarded from both sides, a view looking over the Ceremonial Ground from the tomb entrance of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk – leader of the Turkish War of Independence and the founder and first President of the Republic of Turkey.

The final resting place of İsmet İnönü (the second President of Turkey) faces the Atatürk Mausoleum on the opposite side of the Ceremonial Ground.

When the crowds disappear, a lone guardsman keeps watch over the memorial tomb.

Ankara Castle

A court jester entertains onlookers in Ankara Castle at sunset.