Orange and Red Desert Dunes
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Most of the United Arab Emirates' 11 million-plus people live in the urban cluster at the nation's northeast corner, including global cities like Dubai and Abu Dhabi. But here we see a much sleepier sector: The Rub' al Khali, or Empty Quarter. The world's largest erg, the quarter covers 250,000 square miles of the lower Arabian Peninsula with countless dunes, many reaching over 800 feet tall. Packed tight and soaked deep down with groundwater, these mountains of sand tend to keep their shape in spite of the fierce desert winds that whip their surface.
高度与光线的邂逅
石城观星
沙漠还是甜点？
雾蒙蒙的秋天
无与伦比的天堂之境
荒地上的美好时光
天然“教堂”
错落有致的半岛
