By: magic-gigapans
Image: Robin Rohrback, Mid-Atlantic Geo-Image Collection
License: Creative Commons Non Commercial ⧉

Uploaded: 13 May 2020
Last Updated: 15 May 2020

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This was collected alongside Ras Al Khor Road just outside of Al Habab, Dubai. Al Habab is surrounded by dunes; as you might expect, this sand is an aeolian sediment. It represents a midway point between the soft beach sands of Jumeira to the west-northwest, seen here: https://viewer.gigamacro.com/view/mo5cZRVpYsreLJxd ...and the coarser, water-transported sediments of Wadi Al Khames in Oman's Al Hajar Mountains to the east, seen here: https://viewer.gigamacro.com/view/pKrfGyv3XZdRKqYb