In the 1920s and 1930s, an Austrian married couple, the Gabriels, studied the desert regions of Persia. They were the first Europeans to cross the southern Lut, one of the hottest deserts on Earth. Their books and cartographical drawings provided vital information for the further exploration of Iranian deserts. The film includes re-enacted scenes of the two explorers´ dangerous journeys. It also addresses how life is today for the inhabitants of the desert and their archaic way of life in these remote and arid areas. For the first time since 1980, it was possible for a western television crew to travel to the Islamic Republic and to film in the rough deserts of central Iran.