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May 16, 2022 4 tweets 4 min read
When walking through the desert of #Azerbaijan the @outofedenwalk came across hollow boulders at an ancient rock art site called #Gobustan. Archeologists think they were played like Stone Age drums for signaling. #EdenWalk 2/4 nationalgeographic.org/projects/out-o… The audio of the #Gobustan ‘stone drums’. #EdenWalk 3/4 soundcloud.com/nationalgeogra…
Dec 29, 2020 6 tweets 4 min read
The #Ustyurt plateau in Central Asia, shared by Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan & Turkmenistan, is among the most beautiful wildlands I've hiked through on the @outofedenwalk. Today, multinational teams of biologists advocate that more of it be protected for wildlife. 1/
Pic: Mark Peskov The region shelters endangered Persian leopards, saiga antelopes, threatened vultures, dwindling reptile populations, & many other species. The #Ustyurt is an important conservation frontier being studied by friends @NarynTRosen, Mark Peskov, & others. 2/
Pic: Mark Peskov