Off the coast of Yemen is the isolated island of Socotra, where hundreds of plant species unique to the island inhabit animals. The most famous of them could be called trees. Dragon Blood with their densely packed crowns and blood red juice. Socotra, sometimes called the “Galapagos of the Indian Ocean”, slowly emerges from its long isolation – in 1999 was the first airport was opened, and tourism began to develop. To resist any negative impact, UNESCO recognized the island A World Heritage Site in 2008, contributing to preservation of the unique environment and some of its endangered species.
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1. Dragon Blood Trees, known locally as Dam al-Akhawain or the blood of two brothers, on the island of Yemen, Socotra, 27 March 2008. Appreciated for their red medicinal juice, Blood trees Dragon are the most striking of the 900 plant species on Socotra Islands in the Arabian Sea, 380 km (238 miles) south of mainland Yemen and 80 km east of the Horn of Africa. (Reuters / Khaled Abdullah)
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2. Socotra, view from the International Space Station, April 27 2012. On the left, the coast of Yemen, in fact, the Somali Cape Guardafuy, commonly known as the Horn of Africa, in the center on the right – Socotra island. (NASA)
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3. Access to the lagoon of Ditva and to the beach near the port of Calencia, second largest city on Socotra island in Yemen, February 1 2008 year. (Reuters / Alistair Lyon)
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4. Girls stand during a morning meeting at their school on Socotra Island, November 19, 2013. (Reuters / Mohamed al-Sayaghi)
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5. Dragon Blood Trees and Socotrian Desert Roses (Adenium Obesum, a subspecies of socotranum), on a hillside in a sheltered area Homhill on Socotra Island, February 1, 2008. (Reuters / Alistair Lyon)
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6. The village in Socotra. Source here. (CC BY SA Rod Waddington)
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7. Yemeni and foreign tourists gather to admire the sap of the tree Dragon Blood on a Yemeni island Socotra, March 27, 2008. (Khaled Fazaa / AFP / Getty Images)
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8. A car parked in the huge mouth of Dogab Cave on Socotra Island, November 19, 2013. (Reuters / Mohamed al-Sayaghi)
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9. Socotrian starling. The source is here. (CC BY SA RodWaddington)
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10. Incense tree. The source is here. (CC BY SA RodWaddington)
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11. Sightseeing on the island of Socotra. A source here. (CC BY Hope Hill)
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12. A close-up photograph of Di Hamry’s coral beach. The source is here. (CC BY Flickr users Gerry & Bonni)
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13. An abandoned Russian tank on the northwest coast. The source is here. (CC BY Flickr users Gerry & Bonni)
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14. Children play among fishing boats on the beach in Calencia, second Largest City on Socotra Island, February 1, 2008. (Reuters / Alistair Lyon)
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15. Bottle trees. The source is here. (CC BY SA RodWaddington)
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16. The city of Hadibou, the island of Socotra, November 21, 2013 (Reuters / Mohamed al-Sayaghi)
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17. Dragon Blood Trees, known locally as Al-Ahawain Dam or the Blood of Two Brothers, on Socotra Island, 27 March 2008. (Reuters / Khaled Abdullah)
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18. View of the Yemeni island of Socotra, March 27, 2008. (Khaled Fazaa / AFP / Getty Images)
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19. Socotrian desert roses, whose massive trunks adapted to store water on a hillside in Wadi Dixam on Socotra Island, November 19, 2013. (Reuters / Mohamed al-Sayaghi)
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20. Egyptian Vulture in flight on the island of Socotra on March 27 2008. Egyptian Vulture population – over 1000 in Socotra and is its most concentrated population under endangered birds in the world. (Reuters / Khaled Abdullah)
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