Panorama Photo

In this image, taken from the northernmost summit of the Tarkeddid ridge, one sees a large part of the Moroccan Atlas. It comes from 15 horizontal pictures taken with the Powershot G9, with a FOV of nearly 310 degrees.
The first mountains that emerge in the distance are those around the town of Beni-Mellal, halfway between Marrakech and Fes. Then the view moves to the mountains of Imilchil (see 7373). According to Udeuschle, one sees the 155 km far Jebel Mesker but not the slightly farther Jebel Ayachi, which at 3737 m is the top of the northern High Atlas. It is probably hidden behind Jebel Aïoui.
Note in this first part how the sky appears torn in darker and lighter regions, looking like thick rays of "clean" light and "dirty" shade. This is very typical of this section of the Atlas.
Next, the scenery is occupied by the M'Goun group, rising on the other side of the Tessaout sources plateau: see 6437 and 6566. Before the stratified balcony of the Tarkeddid ridge one can barely guess the presence of Jebel Siroua, a volcanic sentinel between the Atlas and the Anti Atlas. Under the hidden sun stands out the mass of Jebel Inghamar, 3610 m, the most imposing mountain between the two 4000 m Atlas massifs, M'Goun and Toubkal. To spot the latter in the background, at a distance of 145 km, one must know that it exists, but if this is the case, its profile is clearly discernible.
Jebel Inghamar dominates the Tichka pass, and I was actually going to climb it some ten days later, on the road back to Marrakech. The last mountains on the right separate the Tessaout region from the Aït-Bou-Goumez valley; on some maps they are grouped under the generic name of Jebel Ghat.
Larger version: www.panoramio.com/photo/75247208

GPS track: http://www.wikiloc.com/wikiloc/view.do?id=11059192