The Great Dune of Azoueïga

A mountain of sand, not a hill. The Great Dune of Azoueïga rises west of the Amatlich erg, in the Adrar region, reaching close to 200 metres above the ground around it. Climbing it means walking in a material that gives way underfoot; coming down takes a fraction of the time. From the top, the erg runs to the horizon in every direction, and the colour of the sand shifts hour by hour, turning orange and then grey at sunset. The place that gives this dune its name is the same one that gives our agency its name: Azoueïga.