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What are these things in the desert near Fallon, Nevada?
It is a specific form of irrigation know as Center Pivot Irrigation
Fairly simply explained on Wikipedia
Center-pivot irrigation (sometimes called central pivot irrigation), also called waterwheel ...
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What is Dune Bashing?
Take powerful SUVs and ATVs and bash some sand dunes in a desert!
Courtesy: https://visitabudhabi.ae
Courtesy: https://visitabudhabi.ae
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Dealing with extremely dry air in Africa
I face similar problems travelling to winter locations.
Stay hydrated. Keep water right where you sleep.
Practice good skin care, moisturizers, lip balm, nasal moisturizer (yes, that's a thing ;)
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Are there any places on earth completely barren with nothing on the horizon in any direction?
The Nullarbor in Australia might qualify:
(courtesy Nullarbor Roadhouse)
It's a huge, completely flat and virtually uninhabited plain. As the fake Latin name implies, there are "no trees", and ...
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Are there any places on earth completely barren with nothing on the horizon in any direction?
In Botswana the Makgadikgadi Pan qualifies, which is one of the largest salt flats in the world.
image source
Lying southeast of the Okavango Delta and surrounded by the Kalahari
Desert, ...
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Am I likely to see a snake on a desert safari or in a souk in Dubai?
I’m planning to visit the souks and take a desert safari including dinner at a campsite during my 5 day holiday in Dubai
Chances of such an encounter in a Souk are negligible, Those are crowded ...
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Safety and travel time from Tangiers to Dakar?
I just did this exact trip a few weeks ago (mid July - early August). I joined a couple of friends in Spain, took the ferry to Tangier, and drove down to The Gambia. The Tangier to Dakar portion took ...
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Are there any places on earth completely barren with nothing on the horizon in any direction?
A lot of Saskatchewan is like that (photo from here). You can see just how flat it is from the topo maps. In some places it's yellow rapeseed (canola) to the horizons.
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Dealing with extremely dry air in Africa
Coming from the opposite and having asked exactly the opposite question here, switching between different climates is now very familiar to me. It really depends on the individual as some people just ...
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Sandals for dry hot climate like in Doha, Dubai etc
I am not sure what sandals you are talking about (I live in Kuwait where the temperature today is a nice and cool 43C); here we wear all manners of sandals.
The traditional sandals are made of ...
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Spending a night in UAE dunes
You should wear your shoes at all times. There could be scorpions. Problems aren't happening so often with those but you'd better be on the safe side.
This post gives a good overview of all the risks ...
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Safe route through Death Valley to Vegas?
I drove through Death Valley in August some years ago (1996!) in a modern (for the time) rental car. We had no problems although we did see some other cars that had broken down.
If you like desert ...
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Safe route through Death Valley to Vegas?
Highway 190 is probably more interesting and gets more action for sure, but both have enough traffic to not worry. You would be hard pressed to catch five minutes without a car.
The temperature is ...
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What happens when someone lawfully in the USA triggers a border rescue beacon?
I'm going to take this form the point of view of a generalized Search and Rescue as I feel it is the equivalent of someone activating a personal Locator Beacon in order to call someone to come and get ...
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Dealing with extremely dry air in Africa
You can bring a humidifier along (or buy one at your destination). This will help at night. During the day, be sure to drink plenty of water.
Obviously, this will only work if you sleep in a place ...
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Should I wear cotton or synthetics in Egypt near summer?
Your best is summer wool to wear. 40% wool & 60% cotton. So it don't itch. You would need buy that there. Have made there. As wool evaporates from the inside out Cotton wicks water to the surface. ...
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Should I wear cotton or synthetics in Egypt near summer?
Wear cotton clothes when traveling in Egypt during summer - because of the heat you will sweat a lot and cotton fabric absorbs this sweat and helps the body to cool down. Cotton clothes provide better ...
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