Western Sahara

A 55-metre reinforced concrete lighthouse on a rocky Atlantic promontary in northern Western Sahara, one of the most powerful navigational aids on the Moroccan Atlantic coast.

A wide sheltered Atlantic lagoon west of Dakhla city, prized by wind riders for its flat warm water and powerful trade winds in an arresting desert-coastal setting.

A long narrow spit of sand and gravel that runs 35 kilometres into the Atlantic south of Dakhla city, famous for world-class kitesurfing in crystal lagoon waters.

The largest city of Western Sahara, perched on a low Atlantic hill, its white buildings and palm groves a study in Sahrawi, Moroccan and Spanish layering.

A historic Sahrawi city and the third-largest urban centre in Western Sahara, founded in the 19th century as a Sufi spiritual centre and long a key node of the trans-Saharan trade.

A striking coastal dune system of large white and off-white ridges on the Atlantic coast of the Western Sahara near Dakhla, where pale sand meets deep blue ocean in an surreal desert-coastal tableau.