Experiences

Nature

The sun low over a dark mountain ridge, its light laid down calm water in one bright column.

Between desert and sea

Two landscapes meet here and neither gives ground. On one side, the Red Sea. On the other, open desert.

Space, and not much in it

Desert is mostly absence, and that turns out to be restful. There is no clutter to read, no busy middle ground crowded with things asking for attention. Ground, air, and a horizon further off than you are used to.

A bare, sunlit rocky hillside rising straight out of dark still water under a grey sky.Nature

Sky, at both ends of the day

Dry air does something to light. Mornings arrive clean and sudden; evenings work through a long sequence of colours before they finish. And a clear desert night is the sort that makes people stop talking.