Off the Makkah Highway by Helen Betts

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25-MAR-2016

Off the Makkah Highway

We took a drive south in the direction of Jeddah looking for the popular Red Sand Dunes, but simply couldn’t find them with the sketchy directions we had. It turns out, we took a wrong turn so will try another weekend to find them. What we did go through was sort of scrubby landscape and not too picturesque.

More outdoor living in Bedouin tents in this stark landscape.

Desolate area, posted earlier:

Nikon D810 ,Nikkor AF-S 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
1/320s f/10.0 at 70.0mm iso100 hide exif

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Exposure Time	1/323 sec
Aperture	f/10
ISO Equivalent	100
Exposure Bias	-0.33
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bill friedlander		27-Mar-2016 15:31
Interesting conical (almost) shape and stratified slopes. V

globalgadabout		27-Mar-2016 15:14
this campground is a bit on the barren side..

Gerard Koehl		27-Mar-2016 14:51
Superbe image. V

Julie Oldfield		27-Mar-2016 14:04
Beautiful image. The desert is so lovely. V

Ton, Ben & Rob Nagtegaal		27-Mar-2016 13:48
What a beautiful and well captured image Helen. BV

Raymond		27-Mar-2016 13:46
I looooove getting lost, that's when you find the most interesting stuff. Might not be too picturesque to you, but sure is for most of us!

Jim Coffman		27-Mar-2016 13:42
You did manage to find this mountain! Nicely captured, Helen...