View of sailors changing the ... Frame:black

View of sailors changing the ... Frame:blackView of sailors changing the sail on a dhow (sailboat) travelling through the Persian Gulf from Dubai to Bahrain Island. A number of sailors work on deck around a large sail that has been tied into a tight roll. In the foreground two men over the sail. Behind them, another two men hold the sail in their arms. Above them a man stands on the cockpit holding a piece of rope, while below another man walks past the cockpit. In the background another man

In the far distance beyond sand dunes rise along the horizon below a hazy sky

The groves sit in circular depressions between the high dunes

A small cluster of square stone buildings and round watchtowers sit close together on a hill

View of Ras Dashan

On the left wood is piled up on the shore beside a donkey and some beached rowboats

Behind them a vast rocky sand flat stretches into the far horizon

Rays of sunlight pierce through a high overhead canopy made from palm fronds

View of adobe and slate buildings in the city of Abha

holding a peregrine falcon (shahin) in the sands near Al Ain

standing with a laden pony

View of locals walking along a road on the Corniche by Sharjah Creek

Huts and palm trees at a village in the lower Wadi Damad region