dunes at sunset (IMAGE)

King Abdullah University of Science & Technology (KAUST)

dunes at sunset

Caption

Sand dunes in the Empty Quarter (Rub’ al-Khali), southern Saudi Arabia. Around 125,000 years ago, during the humid “Green Arabia” period, this area held Lake Mundafan, a freshwater lake of about 340 km², and early humans lived along its shores.

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KAUST/Heritage Commission

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