Our local photographer takes a look at what happens when trees are cut off from their water source in a “desert experiment” in the United...

The ‘historical imagery’ function on google earth is particularly helpful in tracking changes to landscapes since about the turn of the millennium when satellite imagery became...

It looks like yet another world record may be broken soon with the world’s longest billboard along the side of the Sheikh Zayed Road, just...

In an attempt to ‘greenify’ the UAE’s Western Region desert, (some claim in the hope of creating a milder micro-climate in the UAE) more than...

An awe-inspiring sight, as one departs Abu Dhabi towards Saadiyat and Yas Islands, these pylons seems to disappear into the distant sea. But we are...

Continuing the theme of mysterious abandoned developments, the identity of this one is better known than the desert lakes I featured in my previous two...

In my last post I described how I had discovered the remains of a defunct development known as the ‘Arabian Canal’ in the desert some...

In my last post I featured a photograph of an unused structure out in the desert near Dubai, a concrete amphitheatre. It turns out there...

A friend tipped me off about this strange structure out in the desert a short drive from Dubai. I tried to figure out what it...

Earlier this year I decided to visit a strange looking waste management site in Um Al Quwain – one of seven emirates in the United...