From above, he captured breathtaking images of a hazy desert landscape punctuated by the ancient wonder of the world and said that the photographs were worth the threat of up to three years in prison. Ciesielski said:
'When I got back down, the police were quick to take me to the station and question me. They also had a look at my camera to see what I had been up to. 'At first, they wanted to take me to the German embassy, but after a while I was released without anything further happening.'.