Fickle sculptor, the wind each day reshapes Sahara dunes. These 150-foot-high [46-meter-high] waves flow across the Erg Bourarhet region. Sand covers less than a fifth of the vast Sahara; the rest is a harsh world of gravel plains, stark mountains, and dry salt lakes.
—From "Algeria: Learning to Live With Independence," August 1973, National Geographic magazine
From the arcaded quay in Algiers to the sculpted dunes of Erg Bourarhet, explore the beauty of Algeria in this collection of classic images from the former French colony.
