Landscape | Morten Ross

SocotraHomhilBurseraceaePlantsLandscapeNature

3 Feb 2023

Boswellia elongata

This is Homhil at its most beautiful – green and vibrant after the winter rains. Unfortunately this is but a faint echo…

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SocotraHomhilPlantsNatureBurseraceaeLandscape

3 Feb 2023

Boswellia elongata

This is Homhil at its most beautiful – green and vibrant after the winter rains. Unfortunately this is but a faint echo…

by morten

SocotraNatureBurseraceaeLandscapePlants

2 Feb 2023

Boswellia ameero

A beautiful specimen with lush foliage accessible to behold up close. Many of them them grow on vertical cliffs with…

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SocotraDixamNatureLandscape

2 Feb 2023

Dixam, Socotra

The mighty Dirhur canyon is perhaps most impressive when seen from Dixam. From here you can see the fringes of Firhmin…

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SocotraFirhminNatureLandscape

2 Feb 2023

Firhmin forest, Socotra

With more than 30 000 dragon blood trees, Firhmin forest is the largest and densest group of dragon blood trees on…

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SocotraFirhminNatureLandscape

2 Feb 2023

Firhmin Forest, Socotra

With more than 30 000 dragon blood trees, Firhmin forest is the largest and densest group of dragon blood trees on…

by morten

SocotraFirhminPeopleNatureLandscape

2 Feb 2023

Morten Ross and Firhmin Forest, Socotra

Here I'm photographing Acridocarpus socotranus, one of many endemic species of plants in the middle of the otherworldly…

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SocotraFirhminPeopleNatureLandscape

2 Feb 2023

Morten Ross and Firhmin Forest, Socotra

The Firhmin Forest is the largest collection of dragon blood tress in all of Socotra, with an estimated 32 000 trees.…

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SocotraFirhminPlantsNatureCrassulaceaeLandscape

2 Feb 2023

Kalanchoe farinacea

This individual has an amazing view over Firhmin Forest. Being near the Haghier mountains the sky is overcast, but in a…

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FirhminSocotraNatureBuxaceaePlantsLandscape

2 Feb 2023

Buxus hildebrandtii

An evergreen species common in Firhmin Forest, where it's found as a shrub to trees 3 meters tall or more.

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SocotraFirhminLandscapeNature

1 Feb 2023

Firhmin Forest, Socotra

The iconic dragon blood tree (Dracaena cinnabari), found only on the island of Socotra. Here they grow in the tens of…

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SocotraFirhminNatureLandscapeVideo

1 Feb 2023

Firhmin Forest, Socotra

The dragon blood tree (Dracaena cinnabari) is undoubtedly the most famous of all plant species on Socotra, and you will…

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