NL/118 - Chott El Jerid, Sahara Desert, Tunisia

NL/118 - Chott El Jerid, Sahara Desert, Tunisia
€44.00

When ordering a Classic Matte Paper or Classic Semi-Glossy Paper Wooden Framed Poster, you can choose from four frame colors: White, Natural, Dark, or Black.

When ordering a Wooden Framed Canvas print, you can choose from three frame colors: Natural, Dark, or Black.

When ordering a canvas print (not framed), you can choose how the edges (borders) are finished. White Wrap: the sides of the canvas remain white. Mirror Wrap: the last 2 cm on each edge of the image are mirrored and printed on the sides of the canvas.

'Landscape & Local Story'

 

Chott El Jerid 📍, the largest salt flat in North Africa, stretches across southern Tunisia like a vast, shimmering mirror. Covering more than 5,000 square kilometers, it is a surreal landscape where cracked white salt crusts blend with patches of shallow water that reflect the desert sky. In summer, the lake often dries almost completely, leaving behind a blindingly bright expanse where the horizon seems to dissolve. At sunrise and sunset, the salt flat glows in shades of pink, orange, and violet, creating one of the most otherworldly scenes in the Sahara.

'...For centuries, Chott El Jerid has been wrapped in legend. Travelers spoke of phantom lakes, ghostly caravans, and whole cities appearing like mirages on the horizon, only to vanish upon approach. Local folklore tells of treasures buried beneath the salt, guarded by desert spirits. In modern times, its surreal beauty has inspired filmmakers, it famously appeared as the setting of Luke Skywalker’s home planet, Tatooine, in Star Wars. Standing on its surface, one feels caught between myth and reality, in a place where the desert reveals both its harshness and its mystery...'