View Across A Dry Lakebed, Wadi Rum

Posted by dj.tigersprout (New York City, United States) on 10 November 2008 in Landscape & Rural.

Well, i was going to do some writing -- it has been awhile since i have written... but i got home too late (i was having a most excellent discussion with a taxi driver) and ended up sitting in the taxi cab after i had arrived home for another 40 minutes!!! so sorry, no writing tonight... will see if i can get to it tomorrow then!!! ;)

this here is a mystical view from the top of a huge red sand dune, out and across a dry, salty lakebed... the sands in this area were magnificently red and orange... in the distance a gigantic dust storm was brewing... it would eventually cover most of Jordan and Israel!! luckily our driver kept us just in front of the approaching storm... so we always had clean, fresh air and wonderful visibility for picture taking!!

more to come!!!

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Comments (57)

Steve Rice from Olympia, United States

Such a beautiful but hostile looking place. Love the colors.

10 Nov 2008 5:28am

Seb! from Gard, France

Soooooooooooooooo great landscape D.J. ;-)

10 Nov 2008 5:45am

10Fraction from France

if it wasn't for the very sharp shaped hills, this could also be a dry lake in Nevada or even California, At Edwards AFB, this landscape is gorgeous, your photo marvelous

10 Nov 2008 6:00am

Zing from Hamilton, New Zealand

Beautiful landscape, great atmosphere!

10 Nov 2008 6:15am

lasiate from Philippines

Ces terres rouges sont de toute beauté! très beau panorama

10 Nov 2008 6:19am

Lorraine from Gatineau, Canada

Stunning colours and landscape, bravo Dj...maybe tomorrow you can share your conversation with the taxi driver ;)

10 Nov 2008 6:24am

Zygene from morlaix, France

Un site naturel et grandiose de toute beauté.

10 Nov 2008 6:30am

bruno from les Ollières, France

Jordania seems to be a fantastic country for taking pictures.

10 Nov 2008 6:52am

Elaine- from Vancouver, Canada

wow Jaycee, this is just amazing!! the places you have been, the things you have seen , just wow!!!

10 Nov 2008 7:06am

Yvonne S. from Tilburg, Netherlands

Amazing colors, a great landscape!!

10 Nov 2008 7:18am

callemie from hoeilaart, Belgium

splendid!
what an amazing view

10 Nov 2008 7:29am

dobbino from Cape Town, South Africa

Breathtaking! The vehicle tracks show that many others have been here to experience the view.

10 Nov 2008 7:50am

Monique from Koh Samui, Thailand

Ah, I love those unexpected things like getting into a discussion with a cab driver! Hope you had fun!
This is a lovely view, love the red color of the desert and the mysterious mountains in the background.
I notice there isn't a official road into the desert, there are different tracks all over so I guess you'll
need a GPS to find your way around :)

10 Nov 2008 9:12am

Evelyne Dubos from Le Mans, France

Beautiful point of view on this red ground and misty mountains. May be a little bit too much white sky...

10 Nov 2008 9:27am

LeenaM from Joensuu, Finland

Colours are so beautiful there, but living in those conditions is not easy.
We have here frosts and snow and darkness, they have aridity.
I suppose, you have photos also about those family tents, where they live and which I saw there.
We had as a chauffeur during our safari very good driver, he was lived there always and knew every stone on his way. But the trip was not quite flat :)

Your new journey is near now !

10 Nov 2008 9:39am

@LeenaM: hey Leena! yes 3 weeks to go til Scandinavia!! :) yes in Jordan i too had a chauffeur -- in a 4x4 jeep... some of those tracks were ours!!! it was very steep!

Marie from Isère, France

Whenever I see the Wadi Rum I dream... I come back in 2004 and I forget this marvelous desert, his colours, his sky... thanks a lot !

10 Nov 2008 10:15am

António Pires from Lisbon, Portugal

Amazing landscape.

10 Nov 2008 10:36am

Laurie from New Jersey, United States

That is a pretty amazing view across the lake bed.

10 Nov 2008 12:03pm

PD from Overland Park, Kansas, United States

Awesome shot DJ. The compisiton is classic with the red dune at the bottom, the dry lake bed and diffuse mountains in the middle and the sky at the top.

10 Nov 2008 12:46pm

Dhini from Dordrecht, Netherlands

Wauw.. fantastich

10 Nov 2008 1:02pm

marianne from Toulouse, from France, Italy

ces tons chauds sont magnifiques, une belle terre rouge, un panorama absolument magique !!!
un peu de brume donne une ambiance un peu inquiétante, j'aime beaucoup cette photo !
bravo !

10 Nov 2008 1:05pm

Daisy from Belgium

Nice view! I like the orange colors in the picture! Greetings Daisy

10 Nov 2008 1:18pm

grouser from Ludlow, United Kingdom

Lovely light.
The ground looks as if you marked it, it would be there for ever.

10 Nov 2008 2:33pm

Graham Russon from Cape Town, South Africa

Lovely shot, like how you are pulled into this landscape. nice one.

10 Nov 2008 3:24pm

gbe from kansas city, United States

i like everything thing about it, but those roads are out of this world!

10 Nov 2008 3:54pm

Calusarus from St Sorlin en Valloire, France

An impressive place… For red dreams…

10 Nov 2008 4:58pm

MaryP from Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom

Marvellous landscape, and what a colour. I envy you having seen that for real.

10 Nov 2008 5:17pm

Alun Lambert from cheshire, United Kingdom

great shot, could be the moon

10 Nov 2008 6:18pm

Craig from Vacaville, California, United States

Outstanding!

10 Nov 2008 6:27pm

Stephen Phillips from San Francisco, United States

Fabulous, DJ. I would have loved to eavesdropped on that 40 minute taxi conversation. This image is fabulous and I've missed you. Forgive me. My schedule of late has had me paying less attention than I'd like to be giving our community. Hope all is well in your world.

10 Nov 2008 6:36pm

Maramy from Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom

Wonderful landscape, glad you kept away from the storm !!

10 Nov 2008 6:37pm

jamesy from christchurch, New Zealand

Beautiful shot DJ I am pleased that you didn't get wiped out by the storm. I can just imagine you talking to a taxi driver for 40 minutes I am curious though did he charge you for that time?

10 Nov 2008 8:03pm

Fliss from Melbourne Beach, United States

Yeah, glad you got away from that storm... what a great shot... seeing this shot makes me want to go to Death Vally on our next trip to Vegas... (during late winter, early spring of course)... ummm better check out flights... hehe

10 Nov 2008 8:03pm

Veronelle from Lens, France

beautifull desert colours

10 Nov 2008 8:10pm

vu@granby - Wolfgang from Granby, Québec, Canada

I love the almost graphical feel of this one!

10 Nov 2008 8:37pm

Kenton from Calgary, Canada

Wow, great shot. You get a really good sense of the expansiveness of the land.

10 Nov 2008 8:45pm

Hoshisato from Ealing, United Kingdom

So incredibly empty, you are always so aware of the space in your photos, very nice!

10 Nov 2008 9:12pm

Observing from West Cheshire, United Kingdom

Amazing and unhospitable and with a beauty that is addictive. Cool shot Jay.

10 Nov 2008 10:20pm

Kathryn from Warburton, Australia

wow such an alien lanscape to me but very beautiful! The interest for me is in the random tyre tracks. That dust storm sounds huge - i am glad you out ran it!

10 Nov 2008 10:38pm

manel from Girona, Spain

Magnífica toma y colorido.

10 Nov 2008 11:09pm

Jeffster from Long Island, United States

Beautiful image. Sound like quite an adventure. I hope the taxi driver turned the meter off while you were chatting.

11 Nov 2008 12:06am

akarui from Kagoshima, Japan

Beautiful view on the desert. A feeling of immensity...

11 Nov 2008 12:45am

DarkElf from Perth, Australia

amazing scenery - so desolate and remote and yet so wonderful! you have got a good wide view here and it is so hostile and rugged as far as the eye can see...

11 Nov 2008 1:51am

JJ from Jersey City, United States

what a breathtaking view, so beautiful, the size of the sandstorms there can be amazing, must have been a great conversation to keep the cab driver there for 40 minutes

11 Nov 2008 2:01am

One from Açores, Portugal

Another very impressive picture, very beautiful landscape.

11 Nov 2008 2:19am

John Maslowski from Dallas, PA, United States

A superb landscape image. Love the lighting and tones. Perfect exposure and stunning background.

11 Nov 2008 2:43am

Sandrine from Cincinnati, United States

Beautiful!

11 Nov 2008 3:18am

Stunner from Kingston, Jamaica

Beautiful landscape!!!

11 Nov 2008 3:40am

amy from Nanaimo, BC, Canada

Really so amazing! Beautiful shot, DJ! You're really showing the beauty that can be found even in a desert.

11 Nov 2008 3:41am

Maxine from Rangiora, New Zealand

Trust you DJ! talk the hind leg off a donkey eh? I look forward to tomorrows discourse knowing that you really didnt have to say much about this shot as it stood on its own beautifully! Love the colors and feel of this place, also its name sounds like someone lost the bottle!

11 Nov 2008 4:34am

Ivar from Indianapolis, United States

Wow, lovely shot, great landscape to visit (not so sure I would like living there as much as visiting). Like the tire tracks leading in. Great... looking forward to pictures from my homeland after youre done visiting :)

11 Nov 2008 4:37am

@Ivar: Hey Ivar! Are you from Norway? Any suggestions on what to see? I only have 8 days and have a good timeline -- but if you can recommend something, i would be more than happy to try and squeeze it in!!! :)