40 See. No. 39 The famous Syrian desert is not “only sand.” Soon after leaving Mafraq, the last inhabitated place in Jordan (from where the hard-surface road built by British troops during the second world war leads to Baghdad) the road runs through many mils of black looking country It is the black basalt boulders covering the ground like a carpet that gives hat part of the Syrian desert that black look. (This photo was actually taken while still in Jordan)
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40 See. No. 39 The famous Syrian desert is not “only sand.” Soon after leaving Mafraq, the last inhabitated place in Jordan (from where the hard-surface road built by British troops during the second world war leads to Baghdad) the road runs through many mils of black looking country It is the black basalt boulders covering the ground like a carpet that gives hat part of the Syrian desert that black look. (This photo was actually taken while still in Jordan). Field of large rocks and boulders
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