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South Arabia (1964) - Flocks at the wells of Shibam. City at far left, walls of Wadi Hadhramaut in far distance.
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South Arabia (1964) - Flocks at the wells of Shibam. City at far left, walls of Wadi Hadhramaut in far distance.

  • South Arabia (1962) -The original bagpiper. He uses his cheeks as the bags. The pipe on his left is the 'drone'.
  • South Arabia (1963) - The fort at Sanau, Northern Mahra
  • South Arabia (1662-4)- Getting ready to tackle a sand dune - Southern edge of the Rub-al-Khali.
  • South Arabia (1965) - Under siege at Bir Maksa in South Mahra. We were actually under fire when this photo was taken. The Bedu were firing at us from the distant ledge of rock. It took us - and two Shakleton bombers - nine days to get us extricated from this ambush.
  • South Arabia (1962) - Abdulqadir and Ahmad Sa'adi - our Ethiopian field party drivers.
  • South Arabia (1965) - HBL Jundi reporting to me.
  • South Arabia (1963)- Joe and friends with the fruit of a hunt - in this case, an Ibex.
  • South Arabia (1964) - Loading a camel, Wadi Arabah.
  • South Arabia (1963) - An exchange of information on the south edge of the Rub-al-Khali.
  • South Arabia (1962) - A pair of small happy campers, Wadi Do'an.
  • South Arabia (1964) - City kids ogling foreigners, Mukalla.
  • South Arabia (the 1960s) - A street of rich men's palaces in Tarim, Wadi Hadhramaut.
  • South Arabia (1964) - Flocks at the wells of Shibam. City at far left, walls of Wadi Hadhramaut in far distance.
  • South Arabia (1963) - One of our Power Wagons crossing the Northern Jol.
  • South Arabia (1965) - Apprentice soldiers, Wadi Wasit.
  • South Arabia (the 1960s) - The aqueduct behind the 'Buckingham Palace' (the Al Kaf House), Tarim, Wadi Hadhramaut. Note 2,000' cliffs of the wadi in background.
  • South Arabia (1965) - Laundry day in camp. Somewhere in the Northern Desert.
  • South Arabia (1964) - Dovecote, Tarim
  • South Arabia (1964) - Erecting the mast of our truck-mounted Mayhew 2000 drilling rig. This rig drilled to 155% of nameplate capacity to reach basement at 3,006 feet at Hoowarin-1, the first of two wells we were to drill.
  • South Arabia (1964) - Looking north from the north edge of the Northern Jol. In middle distance is the Northern Desert. Southernmost dunes of the Rub-al-Khali rise against the horizon.
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