Plate II
Erg Chebbi
Near Merzouga, Drâa-Tafilalet, Morocco
31.15° N, 4.02° W
15 November · 16:59 local time · Sun 3° above the horizon
A field of wind-built dunes on the edge of the Moroccan Sahara, rising to around 150 metres above the stony plain that surrounds them.
Low sun splits every dune into a lit face and a shadowed one, and the sand runs from gold to copper.
A day here
- 07:01
Climb the high dune behind camp in the dark and watch the shadows shorten.
- 12:00
Spend the white middle of the day in shade in Merzouga.
- 16:57
Walk out across the crests as the sand turns copper.
on 15 November, local time
Sun through the year
| Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Daylight | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 08:15 | 18:36 | 10 h 21 min | Best |
| February | 06:57 | 18:03 | 11 h 6 min | Best |
| March | 06:26 | 18:24 | 11 h 58 min | Best |
| April | 06:48 | 19:44 | 12 h 56 min | Best |
| May | 06:20 | 20:04 | 13 h 44 min | — |
| June | 06:11 | 20:21 | 14 h 10 min | — |
| July | 06:22 | 20:21 | 13 h 59 min | — |
| August | 06:41 | 19:58 | 13 h 17 min | — |
| September | 07:00 | 19:21 | 12 h 22 min | — |
| October | 06:18 | 17:44 | 11 h 26 min | Best |
| November | 06:43 | 17:17 | 10 h 35 min | Best |
| December | 07:06 | 17:15 | 10 h 8 min | Best |