Wadi Karakir Photo

Photographer’s Note

Wadi Karakir, in the north west of Saudi Arabia, is one of the secret jewels of this country : this canyon is stuck between a hostile lava plateau and a valley of the hijaz. The surrounding sandstones have been curved by erosion, henca really strange and vetrical shapes in the Wadi.
The picture has been taken in july (55 degrees celsius during the day, 50 degrees during the night...) but water was flowing in the wadi (it is in the middle of the desert !) and reeds and palm trees were growing along the river. A really surprising place.

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haya (825) 2006-07-04 7:48 [Comment]

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capthaddock (28640) 2006-07-04 18:42

Hi Olivier - the temperature is unbelievable, delightful light and impressive formations from a rarely photographed part of the world, image quality is very good considering the age, truly origianl shot

excited (143) 2007-01-24 13:38 [Comment]

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DonGusti (795) 2007-04-22 13:49

Marhaba Oliver -

Great picture, good POV to show the whole Wadi, personally am beginning to try & explore all the similar places in Saudi Arabia, so thank you very much for showing me this place, but I really appreciated of you would provided me with more information about it’ location so I can give it a visit someday :D TFS

Regards