Ernie Janes / Dromedary Camel (Camelus dromedarius) and rider resting on Erg Chebbi Dunes. Sahara Desert, Morocco, North Africa, March.

Ernie Janes / Dromedary Camel (Camelus dromedarius) and rider resting on Erg Chebbi Dunes. Sahara Desert, Morocco, North Africa, March.

Neil Lucas / Arabian camel (Camelus dromedarius) and rider, walking in desert landscape, Socotra, Yemen, February 2007

Steven David Miller / Camel with rider at the International Australasian Marree Camel Races which forms part of a camel race circuit throughout the outback, Marree, South Australia, 2007

Pete Oxford / Racing camel with rider at Pushkar camel and livestock fair, Pushkar, Rajasthan, India, October 2006

Pete Oxford / Dromedary (Camelus dromedaries) group, domesticated animals with pasturalists in the Thar desert, Rajasthan, India

Pete Oxford / Dromedary (Camelus dromedaries) group, domesticated animals with pasturalists in the Thar desert, Rajasthan, India

Pete Oxford / Dromedary (Camelus dromedaries) group, domesticated animals with pasturalists in the Thar desert, Rajasthan, India

Staffan Widstrand / Bedouin camel rider in front of Pyramid of Djoser, Egypt, North Africa

Norbert Wu / Camel and rider in front of the Pyramids at Giza, Cairo, Egypt

Pete Oxford / Dromedary (Camelus dromedarius) camel with rider at Pushkar camel and livestock fair, Pushkar, Rajasthan, India

Pete Oxford / Dromedary (Camelus dromedarius) camel with rider at Pushkar camel and livestock fair, Pushkar, Rajasthan, India