Niger, 2006
We visited Niger in March, 2006 to observe a total solar eclipse on the fringe of the Sahara Desert in a region called the Erg of Tenere. Our visit started in Agadez in north central Niger and we headed into the Air Mountains to the north to ride camels for a few days. We then headed east to rendezvous with the path of a total solar eclipse on March 29th near the salt mines of Bilma, observing about 4 minutes of totality. We returned to Agadez for the trip home.
The Grand Mosque in Agadez
Street Vendors in Agadez
Souleymane's Wife and Friend
Tuareg Woman and Girls
Village Well
Tuareg Woman selling goat cheese
Spring near Timia
Fetching water near Assode
Ludlow
Well near Assode
Lunch spot
Wadi Zagado
Playing a Tuareg game around the camp fire
Dan and Spot
Riding Camels
Pris, Elizabeth and Peggy on Camels
Lunch Spot in the Desert
Dan and Skip riding Camels
Souleymane Climbing a Dune
Leading the Camels up a Dune
Sand Dunes
Flanks of Takolakouzet
Arakau
Climbing the High Dune
Skip Looking over the Takolokouzet Crater
View from Arakau
Patterns in the Sand
Crater dunes
Riding camels across the crater
Skip and Souleymane
Camel Driver with his camel
Giraffe Rock Art
Snake
Marc in a Sand Storm
Walking the streets of Dirkout
Salt mines near Bilma
Camel Salt
Oasis at Bilma
Our crew ready to watch the eclipse
Solar Eclipse
Totality
3rd contact!
Tenere cruisers!
Stuck in the Tenere
L'Arbre Tenere
Grand Mosque Agadez
Agadez from the Grand Mosque Tower
Last evening in Agadez
Our Tuareg staff
GPS track
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