a Downward Sloping Sea of Red Sand...

@Calusarus: thanks mate!

@beanow: thanks very much Bea!! :)

@Mirko Herzner: thanks Mirko -- yes, all of Jordan was like being on Tatooine!! it was a living Star Wars movie set!! i am quite sure they took inspiration from places such as these! :)

@10Fraction: thanks very much mate!! the vast red and yellow hued lands of Jordania are a waking dream! cheers to you!! :)

@Linerberry: hello Liners!!! :) are you back from your OS trip? hope you enjoyed the faabulous time away!! thanks and speak soon! x

@Paco Díaz: thanks Paco!! no filters -- although i did do some color correction as the hue was a bit off. :)

@akarui: thanks Olivier!

@Mags: thanks Mags!

@Seb!: Merci as toi Seb!!! :)

@Seb!: lol -- thanks Seb!! :)

@dobbino: thanks Rob! i am not as satisfied with this color though -- unlike the rest of my Wadi Rum shots -- the red is a bit off from what it should be -- even with color correction. but no matter, i still love the sense of vast space... to be there, one small human, vulnerable in so many ways, and in so much endless desert was simply incredible!! :)

@Giovanni: lol -- thanks Giovanni!! welcome back from vacation! i hope it was excellent? :) and yes -- i personally do believe there is life on Mars... we just haven't found it yet! ;)

@Cricket-Tammy: thanks Tammy!! Jordan was a strange and hauntingly beautiful place!! so big, seemingly never ending!! i felt like i was living withing '1001 Arabian Nights'... (!) :)

@PD: lol, thanks mate -- and not to degrade the act of capturing photos -- but really, all i did was scout for my pov, and then 'point and shoot'. :)

@Zaluska: thank you for the visit and comment Zaluksa! :)

@k@: thanks Karine!! red sand is truly one of the highlights of things i have seen in my life -- just a hop skip and a jump from Istanbul... you would never forget the trip!!! :)

@Monique: thanks Monique! yes -- isn't it sad about how many trees are being cut... but what a surprise that the soil in Thailand is also quite red!! :) well if the worst happens and most of the trees there are cut down, 100 or more years from now, there might at least be gorgeous red sand dunes... (nothing to smile about knowing the forest is dying, of course)

@john4jack: thanks mate!! :) that 'fog' is actually the beginnings of what turned out to a HUGE sandstorm that covered most of Jordan and Israel for 2 days!!! we managed to escape to the south before it really got started. then from across the red sea in lower Israel hours later, we watched it gain towering heights as it swept north and eastwards... good thing we went for the tour and photoshoot first thing in the morning!!! :)

@Howard F.: thanks Howard -- yes, it was completely out of this world... i certainly didn't want to come back!! :P

@rem_la: merci a toi, Rem!! :)

@Graham Russon: thanks mate!! was supposed to go back this year -- didn't make it -- this was pulled from the archives of unprocessed shots from my 2008 trip! :) cheers!

@john4jack: cheers mate! yes -- it is true -- very fine particles indeed, especially in the air when the wind blows! i didn't change my lens the whole trip and luckily didn't have any problems! :)

@marianne: thanks Marianne!! hope all is well for you in France!! :)

@Steve Rice: thanks Steve!! :)

@manel: Gracias Manel!!! :)

@callemie: hello and thanks Callemie!! :) i will catch up with your blog this evening when i get home!! :) xxx

@bluechameleon: it was breath-taking for sure!!! i really want to go back! :) thanks BC!

@Aurore: no worries -- thanks Aurore!!! :)

@Veronelle: thanks Veronelle!! :)

@Elaine-: yes yes yes! red red red -- and orange and yellow too -- of course, they have tan and white in some places also... so much sand, so many colors! so divine! :) xoxox

@John Maslowski: thanks heaps John!!

@hugo poon: thanks Hugo!! a great week to you too!! :)

@willow: thanks Willow! southern jordan, the wadi rum desert!! :)

@Ken: hehe -- ooh i LOVE 7-11 SLUSHIES!!! yes!! :) thanks Kenny!

@shoti: thanks mate!

@One: thanks Leone!! hope you are well!!

@Magda: thanks Magda!! :)

@Daryl Johnson: cheers mate!

@Mike: thanks Mike!! :)

@Sriram: hello and thanks for the visit and comment!! :)

@Zing: thanks Zing, but that is dust in the sky!! :)

@Eleftheria: thank you! :)

@ManuelaR: thanks Manuela!!!

@Alex: muchas gracias Alex!!! :)

@Steven: hey mate! yes -- parts of Wadi-Rum were so blood red! :) cheers!

@MARIANA: thanks Mariana!! :)

@Michael Rawluk ht: thanks Michael!! :)

@baobab: YES! Petra is a MUST! -- and then you must also see Jerash and Wadi Rum & then Aqaba to the south on the Red Sea!!! :) make sure you go!!!

@Jeremie: hey mate -- thanks! actually it is as close as i can get it to what it was like to be there -- the tint here is a little off... needs to be a bit darker and more red and less orange -- but i did a bit of color correction to no real avail... still -- it is close enough! :)

@peter: thanks Peter!! :) hey -- i think it is time for some drinks, no? ;)

@jamesy: thanks heaps Deb!!! :) x

@Stephen Phillips: hehe -- lol, yes i should have written something i think as well -- ok next time! :) thanks Stephen!!! hope all is good with you! :)

@Brino: yes indeed Brino!! :) thanks!

@grouser: thanks mate!!! :)

@Ivar: thanks heaps Ivar!! yes, it was very surreal... and a little ominous when i thought of how far i was from anything i knew... :)

@Kenton: thanks Kenton! :)

@Richard Irwin: hello mate, thanks! and yes -- indeed it is!! :)

@Luis Rodrigues: hello luis!! thanks for the visit and comment! yes -- jordan was certainly another planet!!! if you get the chance to go -- please do! you will not regret it! thanks again! :)

@grant: thanks mate! it is a world i cannot wait to get back to! 'complete otherness' sums it up well!! :)

@Pavan Kaul: thanks very much for the visit and comment!! :)

@Hooman: thanks mate!! this is Wadi Rum desert in Southern Jordan!! cheers to you!! :)

@Evelyne Dubos: GREAT to hear from you Evelyne!! and from Iceland too! :) sorry the weather hasn't been cooperating... i find the weather in winter to be best! can't wait to see the AMAZING photos i know you will have from both countries!!! until then!! :)

@Francesc B.: thanks mate!!! :) cheers to you! hope all is well!

@Luis A. De Jesus R.: hello and thanks Luis!! :)

@ishm: thanks mate -- yes, very mars -- or even better -- very Tatooine!! :)