Morocco
Culture, Geography, and Geology
The walled capital city Rabat
The largest Mosque in Morocco
(Rabat)
A soccer game outside the walls of
Taroudant
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One of the main gates
through the wall of
Taroundant
Arabic architecture – arches are
even found in hotels
Inside the courtyard of
a hotel in Taroudant
Hotel rooms looking into the
courtyard
They even keep pet turtles in the
hotel
The view from the top of the hotel
in Taroudant
The souque in Taroudant – it fills
with merchants twice a week
City streets – narrow and dusty
City streets and my car…the little
one on the left (Fiat Uno)
The main square in Taroudant – you
can even get a horse buggy ride
around the city.
My assistant – Abdell
Tanjin lunch at a Kasbah
An old Kasbah above a Wadi (river)
Desert Tortoise
A common site – camel herds
Thumbs up after a good day
Dinner inside Abdella’s home
Near the village of Tazemort – Early
Cambrian sediments
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The stratigraphy of
the early Cambrian
Alternating layers of Limestone and
Siltstone
Solo fieldwork
Looking east from Tazemort into an
oncoming dust storm
The north end of the Tazemort
section
Ripple marks – evidence of shallow
water deposition
On the side of the road just before
the dust storm
A kasbah high in the hills near
Tazemort
Looking north to the High Atlas
Mountains
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Mohammed lent a
helping hand and a
ride on his donkey
Mohammed and his friends hauling
firewood to their homes
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A dust-devil
The road to the High Atlas
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Looking down into a
village in the high
atlas
The pass to Marrakech
Abdell and Hassan
Hassan and me in the High Atlas
A snake charmer in the center of
Taroudant
Rocks and walls near Tiout
Sedimentary layering in the Tiout
Section
Sedimentary layers near Tiout
In a Taroudant shop– anything you
want – silver, shirts, rugs
Said and me in his father’s carpet
shop
Desert views – dry river and lake
beds
The walls of Taroudant and the
High Atlas in the background