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The setting sun illuminates the crumbling walls and mosque minaret of Ait Bounou, an ancient kasbah, or fortified village, in the Moroccan Sahara on November 8, 2007. The town is quickly falling into ruin as the inhabitants flee the drying well and the advancement of the dunes expedited by a 16-year drought and the damming of the Draa River.

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Copyright: Ethan Welty
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The setting sun illuminates the crumbling walls and mosque minaret of Ait Bounou, an ancient kasbah, or fortified village, in the Moroccan Sahara on November 8, 2007. The town is quickly falling into ruin as the inhabitants flee the drying well and the advancement of the dunes expedited by a 16-year drought and the damming of the Draa River.