Daily Archives: June 21, 2012
Lost city under Rub al-Khali (Empty Quarter)
Source: http://saudilife.net/ | By - Faraz Omar
SAND and only sand for thousands of kilometers extending over four nations, Rub al-Khali or the Empty Quarter is the world’s largest sand desert. Uninhabited one may think but the Bedu tribes have survived on the edge since before recorded time.
Sand dunes reach as high as 250 meters, while billions of glittering stars light up its night sky – a feat hikers and campers, locals and expats, don’t like to miss. Formidable conditions – extremely high temperature and dry as a bone – have kept travelers and settlers far away.
To say this place was once luscious green, with lakes and ponds and Read more ...
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