Dust Storm

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Kuwait has been experiencing dust storms continuously the past few days and the temperature in the desert has been rising to almost 50 deg C.

I’m posting here pictures of an unusually different kind of dust storm that had kicked up here some months before. Please note these photos are not photoshopped and uploaded as shot. The second picture of normal colors of a human face shows the contrast with the color of the dust storm.

According to Wikipedia:

“A dust storm or sandstorm is a meteorological phenomenon common in arid and semi-arid regions and arises when a gust front passes or when the wind force exceeds the threshold value where loose sand and dust are removed from the dry surface.”

I had shot the first photograph by sticking the cam out from my office window through a busy day at work. I hope you found this post interesting.

- celine
http://indicaspecies.blogspot.com

SWF: Balloons over Thebes

Go enjoy views and skies from around the globe at SkyWatchFriday.

I shot these pictures whilst on an early morning hot air balloon ride in Luxor, Egypt.

And these traveling

Globes of thin air, red, green,

Delighting

The heart like wishes or free

- Sylvia Plath

The thick shimmering white line seen in the photograph below is the great River Nile.

February 2009

Luxor, Egypt

Have a good SWF, a lovely weekend and to those who celebrate, a very Happy Easter.

celine

http://indicaspecies.blogspot.com

SWF: Goodbye 2008

For fascinating skies around the world, do visit the wonderful webpage: SkyWatch

A few pictures of the sunset time sky to symbolize the end of 2008.

Madikeri, Karnataka

Dubai, UAE

Dubai, UAE

If you wish to read a bit of humour on my New Year Resolutions,  please visit: http://indicaspecies.blogspot.com.

Happy New Year and have a great 2009.

- celine

Previous Skywatch Posts:

• SWF: Desert Safari
• SWF: Sunset at Jomtien
• SWF: Hadrian’s Arch
• SWF: Khajuraho Temples
  
• SWF: Valley of Flowers
• SWF: Kuwait Towers
• SWF: Skywatching in Hatta
• SWF: Wild Daisies
• Sky Watch Friday: VoF
• Sky Watch Friday

SWF: Desert Safari

Sky Watch Friday

Bronze

White

Brown

Gold

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Desert Safari

Dubai, UAE

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I take this opportunity to wish all my readers holiday cheer and joy of the season.

- celine
http://indicaspecies.blogspot.com

Previous Skywatch Posts:

• SWF: Sunset at Jomtien
• SWF: Hadrian’s Arch
• SWF: Khajuraho Temples
  
• SWF: Valley of Flowers
• SWF: Kuwait Towers
• SWF: Skywatching in Hatta
• SWF: Wild Daisies
• Sky Watch Friday: VoF
• Sky Watch Friday

SWF: Sunset at Jomtien

Sky Watch Friday

Jomtien Beach, Pattaya

I take this opportunity to wish all my readers a good Thanksgiving Day and happy holidays.

- celine
http://indicaspecies.blogspot.com

Previous Skywatch Posts:

• SWF: Hadrian’s Arch
• SWF: Khajuraho Temples
  
• SWF: Valley of Flowers
• SWF: Kuwait Towers
• SWF: Skywatching in Hatta
• SWF: Wild Daisies
• Sky Watch Friday: VoF
• Sky Watch Friday

My World Tuesday~6: Liberation Tower

My World Tuesday

At 372 m, the Liberation Tower of Kuwait is supposedly the world’s 21st tallest free standing structure in the world.   The Tower contains a revolving restaurant and observation platform and also houses radio and other telecommunications offices. It is also called the Telecommunications Tower.

Happy MWT and best wishes to all visitors to my blogs.

- celine
http://indicaspecies.blogspot.com

Previous MWT posts:

• My World Tuesday~5
• My World Tuesday~4
• My World Tuesday~3
• My World Tuesday~2
• My World Tuesday~1

SWF: Hadrian’s Arch

Sky Watch Friday

March 2008
Hadrian’s Arch
Jerash, Jordan

For Sky Watch this Friday, I have two photographs of clear blue sky that I shot in the ancient city of Jerash, Jordan, with interesting foreground.

The city of Jerash located about 50 kms to the northern city of Amman, Jordan is famous for its Greco-Roman ruins.  It is considered one of the most important and best preserved Roman cities in the Near East.  Jerash was the home of Nicomachus of Gerasa, one of the great mathematicians in human history.

The Emperor Hadrian visited Jerash in AD 129-130. The triumphal arch (or Arch of Hadrian) was built to celebrate his visit.

Happy SWF, and a nice week to all visitors to this blog.

- celine
http://indicaspecies.blogspot.com
Previous Skywatch Posts:

• SWF: Khajuraho Temples
  
• SWF: Valley of Flowers
• SWF: Kuwait Towers
• SWF: Skywatching in Hatta
• SWF: Wild Daisies
• Sky Watch Friday: VoF
• Sky Watch Friday

My World Tuesday~5: Karen

My World Tuesday

Karen, sister of Keith

Previous MWT posts:

My World Tuesday~4

My World Tuesday~3

My World Tuesday~2

My World Tuesday~1

SWF: Khajuraho Temples

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Sky Watch Friday

December 2007
Khajuraho Temples
Madhya Pradesh
India

These are photographs of just TWO out of the TWENTY FIVE remaining temples of the total of EIGHTY FIVE or so that were built in the medieval times.

If you like these photographs and wish to know more about these exquisite temples, you are welcome to read about it on my main blog here.

- celine

http://indicaspecies.blogspot.com

Previous Skywatch Posts:

• SWF: Valley of Flowers
• SWF: Kuwait Towers
• SWF: Skywatching in Hatta
• SWF: Wild Daisies
• Sky Watch Friday: VoF
• Sky Watch Friday

My World Tuesday~4: National Assembly

My World Tuesday is a meme that shows the world around us. It’s simple and can be played by those who wish to show their part of the world.

This interesting white building with its distinctive canopy is the National Assembly Building of Kuwait and is called Majlis Al-Umma in Arabic. It was designed by the famous Danish architect, Jørn Utzon, who also designed the Sydney Opera House.

Until recently, suffrage was limited to male Kuwaiti citizens above the age of 21 whose ancestors had resided in Kuwait since 1920. On May 16, 2005, the Assembly passed a law in support of women’s suffrage, allowing women to vote and run for office.

The modernity yet traditionality of the State of Kuwait is represented in its National Assembly building that was completed in 1985. The white of the building reflects the beautiful waters just beyond the building on the opposite side of Arabian Gulf road, from where I took these shots last week. The large canopy, which covers the entire building below hovers above an open courtyard and the sweeping roofs are said to have been designed to evoke Bedouin sentiments about whom I had written briefly here.

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