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A landscape view of eroded sandstone rock formations in the Tadrart Acacus desert, illuminated by the warm, orange light of dawn amidst a hazy, peach-colored atmosphere.

The sandstone towers of the Tadrart Acacus in southwest Libya at dawn in a thin sand haze, eroded pillars stepping back in paler and paler layers, the first sun from the east lighting only the nearest ridge orange, 200mm, a palette of rock orange, haze peach and shadow mauve Voir plus

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