رمال الشرقية
A 12,500 km² sea of red and gold dunes that starts at the edge of the village.
The sands run 180 km from north to south and 80 km across. In the north, where Bidiyah sits, the dunes form mega-ridges up to 100 m high, a kilometre wide and 30 km long, which the Bedouin call habl, rope. The colour comes from an iron-oxide coating that takes centuries to form; by the far south the sand is almost white.
Through the day the dunes shift from pale yellow to orange to deep red. Dawn often brings a thin fog over the ridges, and after dark the sky is completely free of light pollution. Around 3,000 Bedouin still live inside the sand sea, and the camps that host visitors begin 10 to 25 km from the tarmac.
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نزّلوا الهوا من الكفرات إلى 15 قبل ما تدخلون الرمل، وامشوا على آثار السيارات اللي قبلكم. ولا تدخلون بسيارة وحدة أبداً.
Sharqiya (Wahiba) Sands
