The Desert Is Taking Over Dubai And Abu Dhabi, And The Photos Are Stunning

Need all the trees they can get.

It would be lovely to watch humans writher in agony when they actually realize how much destruction they have caused.

They want to keep the trees as much as they could while we cut trees left and right

Egypt eye

I read this as dessert and it did look like icecream to me.i need more sleep.

Why?

But I just don't get it - why is there even a pedestrian crossing and pavement to walk on both outside the roundabout-to-nowhere as well as inside the circle when there isn't anywhere to even park and get out of the car to be able TO walk? Not that there's (obviously) that much traffic to worry about...

Wondering who's watering the trees and bushes...

Why

What is the purpose of this highway? Burn off excess fuel?

surreal and a little unreal.... do we really think sand would form such strong delineation on the road?

This looks more like "art" or photoshop vs. actual drone footage!

I read the title of this as 'This dessert is taking over Dubai and Abu Dhabi' and thought this dessert looks quite yummy

enveloped in soft folds

So what are the tracks from that are running generally perpendicular to the road?

I love how most people still tried to make an effort to keep the circle and traffic laws and all

Do they have "sand blowers" the same way we have snow blowers?

So, the people planning the roads are idiots, that's what this photo shows. Unless this was due to a once-in-200-year event.

That must be soooo much fun with the right car..!!

A One-way trip

They are doing "Sand Angels".

I don't like this. These camels and the jockeys that ride them (underweight children) very often get abused. As a Muslim I can only say 'may Allah punish them'.

is the camel in the middle left lying down?

I've never seen a camel lying on it's side. Maybe they are exhausted and fell over on its side. But hey, I've never lived where you see camels everywhere.

I didn't know they would lay on their sides like that.

Nature does seem to have the upper hand!

It looks like it would take some really big equipment and lots of time to clear that. Is it worth it? How much use does it get?

Nature for the win....

Bring out the sandplows...

Nature to Man - " I warned you!! I am taking over my territory"

A little context would help.

What am I looking at? This looks like giant colandars.

This is an Oasis??!!!! The Mummy Returns is very misleading.....

It might help if the caption was spelled correctly. It's 'Al Qudra,' a man-made lake in the middle of the Saih Al Salam Desert in Dubai. The Lake, spread over 10 hectares, is home to more than one hundred species of birds including many migratory birds. Nearby Swan Lake (not the ballet) is the home of many released exotic bird species. Here it is on Google Earth: https://www.google.com/maps/search/al+qudra+oasis+dubai+map/@24.8287979,55.3638882,5281m/data=!3m1!1e3

Ugh, trypophobia triggered

I love how there's tracks just everywhere through the sand like there was really no point in putting in a road anyway.

Christine.. it's Dubai. One of the 5 UAE Emirates.

When I look at these I keep wondering why they dont use drift nets like we do for snow.

Plenty of parking!

Having that much money, I wonder why they didn't make an indoor stadium. It must be really hot. Too much to play outside.

or in the middle of nowhere

Roads here are only guidelines. In the desert any direction goes anywhere you want. As long as you have google maps.

Why do humans always want to change the landscape from the natural environment to a false, unsustainable environment? Pools, gardens, trees, smack in the middle of a desert?