A collection of a few photos taken around Abu Dhabi. Yes there is lots of sand!!!!
Sometimes the air is full of fine sand when the shamal blows in from the Empty Quarter or down The Gulf from Iraq.
Sometimes the air is full of fine sand when the shamal blows in from the Empty Quarter or down The Gulf from Iraq.
Sands at Liwa. Liwa 18 May 2007
A typical image of sand dunes in the empty Quarter. The colour of the sand is quite different in Liwa to that in Bani Yas, below.
Desert plant, Bani Yas - just out of Abu Dhabi. Bani Yas 5 May 2007
Liwa - 18 May 2007
Some areas do have plants, but mostly the desert is lots of sand! Well out from the haze, you might be lucky to get a blue sky like the day Pete and Joy took us out in the late afternoon.
Getting ready for the sunset. 18 May 2007
Pete getting the camera ready whilst Joy and Gail admire the scenery!
More dunes on the way to Liwa -18 May 2007
Essential mode of transport. Sweihan 20 February 2009
Desert surprises - Sweihan 20 February 2009
Road signs say "Beware of Desert Surprises". We came across these two when driving across the dunes near Swehan.
Not my idea of fun. Sweihan 20 February 2009
The area west of Abu Dhabi near the coast is made of of some of the largest sabka flats in the world. The flats are at sea level and often flood when there are very high tides. As the water then evaporates there is a build up of salts and great polygon structure form. Large masses of chert can be found as well as gypsum and crystals of other salts.
Expansive sabka flats west of Abu Dhabi, 17 October 2008.
Sabka polygons.
The rapidly eroding remains of once higher ground near the sabka.
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