Arabian dromedary (one-humped) camels are indispensable in desert areas for transporting sheepherders, for drawing water from deep desert wells, and as a source of wool, milk, and meat.
The few Iraqis living near this post in the deep desert -- a long and dusty 360 miles west of Baghdad -- did not seem to know how to think or act today.
And just when you think you've had enough to last a lifetime, off you'll go into the deep desert, riding the dunes in Land Cruisers, with visits to prehistoric sites, and nights ablaze with more stars than you'd expect to see anywhere this side of outer space.
This attraction simulates a hang-glider ride, with visitors lifted in their seats as they get the sense they are whooshing in front of a domed giant screen portraying the finest tableaus of this remarkable state, from deep desert to craggy coast.
The architecture of the Ouargla Ksar has long been recognized as an example of adaptation to harsh climate in the deep desert of Algeria.
Without an outlet to the sea, the runoff has no place to go but the deep desert aquifers that store the region's water.
The addax are amply suited to live in the deep desert under extreme conditions.
I had a half-hour drive ahead of me, much of it in deep desert that was mostly uninhabited and poorly lit.
The Saudi guard consists of all the various Bedouin tribes and other deep desert dwellers of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and they act as a sort of insurance policy against unrest and insurrection — an always-on-call counterinsurgency force.
In the deeper desert, miners are the only conspicuous living presence; they ride in trucks and buses to the mountains, which contain gold, copper, and iron.
