IN PICTURES: From the desert to the sea - Oman's far south
Published date: 19 February 2015 16:05 GMT
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A grand canyon near Wadi Shwamiyah on the coastal road in Dhofar (Credit: Joe Gill)
A burnt wreck next to road 31 - the only road through the desert connecting north and south Oman (Credit: Joe Gill)
Al Huqf escarpment in Oman's central desert (Credit: Joe Gill)
Dawn in the desert near the Saudi border in Ramlat Hashman (Credit: Joe Gill)
Fishermen get ready for the night shift in Mirbat port, southern Oman (Credit: Joe Gill)
A view of the Al Fazayah beach, west of Salalah close to Yemen (Credit: Joe Gill)
A fishing boat hull left in the sand near al Jazir beach, Al Wusta, Oman (Credit: Joe Gill)
A derelict mobile coffee shop in the desert town of Qitbit, southern Oman (Credit: Joe Gill)
Muqshin oasis in southern Oman (Credit: Joe Gill)
A dead tree in a fog-shrouded dawn at Muqshin oasis (Credit: Joe Gill)
A Bedouin boy drives near AL Jazir in Al Wusta, Oman (Credit: Joe Gill)
The lagoon near Al Jazir village on the Al Wusta coast, Oman (Credit: Joe Gill)
Dunes in Ramlat Hashman, Oman's Empty Quarter (Credit: Joe Gill)
An Oman border control vehicle with mounted machine gun close to the Saudi border (Credit: Joe Gill)
Slow work at the autorepair shop in Dhofar on road 49
A frankincense tree on the coastal road in Dhofar. The region has traded in the spice for thousands of years (Credit: Joe Gill)
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