#socotra — Public Fediverse posts
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𝗪𝗜𝗞𝗜𝗣𝗘𝗗𝗜𝗔 𝗣𝗜𝗖𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗗𝗔𝗬
✧ Dracaena cinnabari ✧
Dracaena cinnabari, also known as the Socotra dragon tree or the dragon blood tree, is a species of dragon tree native to the island of Socotra, part of Yemen, in the Arabian Sea. Growing to a height of 9 metres (30 ft), it develops a distinctive umbrella-shaped crown adapted to the arid conditions of its habitat. The tree ...
#dracaena #socotra #yemen #arabiansea #diksamplateau #wikipedia
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Desert soil, monsoon winds, limestone. Socotra's Desert Rose accepts all of it.
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#DidYouKnow the #Socotra Island in #Yemen ('#Island of Bliss' in #Sanskrit) is known as 'The #Galapagos of the #MiddleEast' & it is estimated that 37% of its 825 plant species do not exist anywhere else in the world. 🤩
The #alien-looking #trees you see here are known as Dragon's Blood because of its crimson sap, used in #medicinal balms and #lipstick.
in 2008 it was recognised as a #UNESCO World Heritage Site & is of 'universal importance because of its #biodiversity with rich and distinct #flora & # fauna'.
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Time for new #Socotra #restaurant
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Heard a lot about recent events in #Yemen, but not much about #Socotra? We've got you covered with our new (free) supplement: "Who controls Socotra after UAE pullout?"
https://www.polgeonow.com/2026/02/who-controls-socotra-now-current-situation-uae-separatism.html
#island #MiddleEast #geography #geopolitics #UAE #SaudiArabia #independence #Hadibu @geography @geopolitics #MENA #IndianOcean #ArabWorld #Africa #SouthYemen #separatism #SouthArabia #rebels #world #worldnews #humanitarian
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New #Yemen control map report for subscribers brings our coverage up to the present, with #SouthYemen separatists having badly lost their gambit for #independence. #Houthis and #AlQaeda are still as present as ever though.
More info: https://www.polgeonow.com/2026/02/yemen-civil-war-map-2026-houthis-separatists-irg-al-qaeda.html
#MiddleEast #maps #mapping #geopolitics #Saudi_Arabia #geography #defacto #map @geography @geopolitics #separatism #worldpolitics #IndianOcean #Socotra #STC #SouthArabia
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When the United Arab Emirates withdrew its troops from war-ravaged Yemen last week, it also withdrew from the tranquil Yemeni island of Socotra, leaving 600 tourists with no way to get home. Read more from @NBCNews
https://flip.it/SoGSNs
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Monolluma socotrana, a plant endemic to Socotra.
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A guide pauses on the Diksam plateau next to dragon blood trees, a species endemic to the island of Socotra.
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#Speleothems, geological formations made by mineral deposits, inside Hoq cave
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A flower blooms on a bottle tree
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A boy throws a fishing net
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A boy throws a fishing net
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Boys check their catch after fishing off the beach.
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A girl pauses while collecting shells on the beach next to the wreckage of a ship on Socotra
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Ghost crab nests dot the beach in Socotra
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A woman demonstrates how to grind the resin from a dragon blood tree.
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A Socotran chameleon, endemic to the island, climbs on a young dragon blood tree
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The sun rises over dragon blood trees growing on the Diksam plateau.
Photograph: Carl Court/Getty
#photography
#islands
#Yemen
#Socotra
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The sun sets behind the island
Photograph: Carl Court/Getty
