Gertrud & Helmut Denzau / Central asian cobra {Naja oxiana} with head raised, Turkmenistan

Gertrud & Helmut Denzau / Eroyulanduz Salt Lake with pink algae, basalt chimney behind, Badkhyz, Turkmenistan

Nigel Marven / Nigel Marven, producer, with Rupert Jackman, cameraman, in Repetek desert, Turkmenistan, filming for BBC 'Walking with Dinosaurs' 1998

Nigel Marven / Wild Pistachio trees (Pistacia sp) in Badkhyz desert, Turkmenistan, CIS

Nigel Marven / Basalt chimney of volcano, after surrounding sediment has eroded, Badkhyz Desert Reserve, Eroilanduz, Turkmenistan, Central Asia

Gertrud & Helmut Denzau / Basalt chimney of volcano, after surrounding sediment has eroded. Eroyulanduz Salt Lake, Badkhyz, Turkmenistan

Mark Yates / Captive Long eared desert hedgehog {Hemiechinus auritus} from North Turkmenistan, CIS

Nigel Marven / Nigel Marven, Martin Saunders and driver with owl {Bubo sp} beside BBC NHU vehicle, on location in Badkhyz, Turkmenistan, filming for television series "Realms of the Russian Bear"