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The Rub' al Khali (Arabic: الربع الخالي ar-Rubʿ al-Ḫālī, "Empty Quarter") is the largest contiguous sand desert (erg) in the world, encompassing most of the southern third of the Arabian Peninsula. The desert covers some 650,000 square kilometres (250,000 sq mi) (the area between long. 44°30′−56°30′E, and lat. 16°30′−23°00′N) including parts of Saudi Arabia, Oman, the United Arab Emirates, and Yemen. It is part of the larger Arabian Desert.
The desert is 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) long, and 500 kilometres (310 mi) wide. Its surface elevation varies from 800 metres (2,600 ft) in the southwest to around sea level in the northeast. The terrain is covered with sand dunes with heights up to 250 metres (820 ft), interspersed with gravel and gypsum plains. The sand is of a reddish-orange color due to the presence of feldspar.
There are also brackish salt flats in some areas, such as the Umm al Samim area on the desert's eastern edge.
A quarter is one fourth, 1⁄4, 25% or 0.25 and may refer to:
Empty may refer to:
Saudi Arabia (i/ˌsɔːdiː əˈreɪbiə/,
i/ˌsaʊ-/), officially known as the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), is an Arab state in Western Asia constituting the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula. With a land area of approximately 2,150,000 km2 (830,000 sq mi), Saudi Arabia is geographically the second-largest state in the Arab world after Algeria. Saudi Arabia is bordered by Jordan and Iraq to the north, Kuwait to the northeast, Qatar, Bahrain, and the United Arab Emirates to the east, Oman to the southeast, and Yemen to the south. It is the only nation with both a Red Sea coast and a Persian Gulf coast, and most of its terrain consists of arid inhospitable desert or barren landforms.
The area of modern-day Saudi Arabia formerly consisted of four distinct regions: Hejaz, Najd, and parts of Eastern Arabia (Al-Ahsa) and Southern Arabia ('Asir). The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia was founded in 1932 by Ibn Saud. He united the four regions into a single state through a series of conquests beginning in 1902 with the capture of Riyadh, the ancestral home of his family, the House of Saud. The country has since been an absolute monarchy, effectively a hereditary dictatorship governed along Islamic lines. The ultra-conservative Wahhabism religious movement within Sunni Islam has been called "the predominant feature of Saudi culture", with its global spreading largely financed by the oil and gas trade. Saudi Arabia is sometimes called "the Land of the Two Holy Mosques" in reference to Al-Masjid al-Haram (in Mecca), and Al-Masjid an-Nabawi (in Medina), the two holiest places in Islam. The Kingdom has a total population of 28.7 million, of which 20 million are Saudi nationals and 8 million are foreigners.
Major Sir Wilfred Patrick Thesiger, CBE, DSO, FRAS, FRGS, also called Mubarak bin London (Arabic for "the blessed one from London") (3 June 1910 – 24 August 2003)was a British explorer and travel writer.
Thesiger is best known for his travel books Arabian Sands (1959), on his foot and camel crossing of the Empty Quarter of Arabia, and The Marsh Arabs (1964), on his time living in the marshes of Iraq with the Marsh Arabs. He donated his collection of 38,000 travel photographs to the Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford.
Thesiger was born in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, the son of diplomat Wilfred Gilbert Thesiger, British consul-general and minister to Addis Ababa from 1909 to 1919. Thesiger's grandfather was Lord Chelmsford. Viscount Chelmsford, future Viceroy of India was an uncle, and the actor Ernest Thesiger was a cousin.
Thesiger was educated at Eton College followed by Magdalen College Oxford, where he took a Third in History. Between 1930 and 1933, Thesiger represented Oxford at boxing and later (in 1933) became captain of the Oxford boxing team.He was awarded a boxing Blue for each of the four years that he was at Oxford. Whilst at Oxford, Thesiger was also elected Treasurer of the Oxford University Exploration Club (1931–32).
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Alastair Humphreys and Leon McCarron set out on an expedition inspired by Wilfred Thesiger's great journeys through the Empty Quarter desert on the Arabian peninsula. This is the short festival version of their film. For the full film and more information, please visit www.intotheemptyquarter.com
Wilfred Thesiger - Legendary Desert Explorer; Crossing the Rub Al Khali Directed by Richard Taylor for BBC TV 1967
I became captivated by Arabia's Empty Quarter as a young man when I read Wilfred Thesiger's Arabian Sands. The Empty Quarter is larger than France without a single permanent point of water or human habitation. It's both the world's largest sand sea and one of the hottest places on earth, and has only been traversed a handful of times. I didn't want to repeat Thesiger's epic journeys many decades later, but when I discovered motorized paragliding I found a way to visualize this remote landscape in a new way. I made three paragliding trips into the sands, first for GEO in Saudi Arabia, and then returned two years later to go from Riyadh to Oman and Yemen for National Geographic, and finally made a personal trip to the southern most reaches of the U.A.E. to complete my field work. What I foun...
Follow the Driven Challenges at https://newrangeroversport.landrover.com/gb/en#challenge. In the world's largest sand desert, treacherous terrain, violent sandstorms and unforgiving temperatures make The Empty Quarter the toughest challenge yet for the #NewRangeRoverSport. Watch the full story unfold as the team battle the elements against a stunning backdrop to set a new driving record. Join the conversation at www.Facebook.com/LandRover or on Twitter @LandRover #DrivenChallenges #NewRangeRoverSport
Saudi Arabia’s The Empty Quarter (Rub Al Khali) is the most barren desert in the world. Watch how an army of close to a 100 Volvo Construction Equipment helped build one of the longest road in the Middle East, through one of the harshest, extreme climate in the world, overcoming extreme logistical challenges and achieving demanding service requirements to reach Saudi Arabia’s ambitious infrastructure development program. The part that FAMCO worked on is 256 km which was awarded to Al-Rosan Company. This represents only a part of the entire highway on the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia side of the desert.
Empty Quarter Desert (Rub'al Khali) adalah gurun abadi terluas di dunia gurun dengan luas 650.000 km persegi yang meliputi 4 negara: Arab Saudi, Yaman, Oman dan Uni Emirat Arab. Sebuah fenomena alam yang aneh telah mulai terjadi di sana. Sebuah fenomena alam dengan adanya sungai pasir yang secara menakjubkan mulai mengalir melalui gurun ini, dan itu fenomena membingungkan yang indah. Beberapa orang meyakini itu di akibatkan oleh banjir bandang. mereka berpikir ada aliran air di bawah pasir tersebut.
Desert is a spectacular combination of the harsh Arabian way of life as well as modern culture and habits; it is the unspoiled nature and culture that maintains the authentic Arabian heritage. Empty Quarter is so different experience than any other desert you may have experienced. Explore the undiscovered land; view a charming desert sunset, learn to make Bedouin coffee and ‘Al-Jamri’ bread baked on sand dunes under a stunning blanket of stars. Blow your mind cruising one of the largest sand dunes in the world with desert experts, and experience a journey of a life time which will leave you with pleasurable memories forever. Masawife Tour Operator The company Started its operation in 2010 as inbound Tour operator for Saudi Arabia and has established its identity in the Global village as...
Location: Rub' al Khali (Empty Quarter), Sultanate of Oman To read more visit: http://wyprawy.transazja.pl/oman Date: January 2016 Footage by: Krzysztof Stepien, www.transazja.pl Music: Stalling by Topher Mohr and Alex Elena
LIVELEAK - Saw quicksand in the Empty Quarter, Noticed the waves just like the sea
INTO THE EMPTY QUARTER IS NOW AVAILABLE AS A DOWNLOAD OR DVD AT www.intotheemptyquarter.com Wilfred Thesiger was one of my heroes. It was his books who inspired me to join (very briefly!) his old Boxing Club at university. They encouraged me to think ambitiously but simply about making big journeys. And when he died (I was cycling through South America at the time), I felt sad that I never had the opportunity to meet him. Thesiger pushed himself hard to test himself. He lived ascetically, and scorned modern convenience, speed and luxury. The harder the life, he believed, the finer the person. His prose is simple and measured, thoughtful and honest. His photography was superb, particularly when you consider that he took fewer photographs in an entire expedition than I do on a single day. ...
I became captivated by Arabia's Empty Quarter as a young man when I read Wilfred Thesiger's Arabian Sands. The Empty Quarter is larger than France without a single permanent point of water or human habitation. It's both the world's largest sand sea and one of the hottest places on earth, and has only been traversed a handful of times. I didn't want to repeat Thesiger's epic journeys many decades later, but when I discovered motorized paragliding I found a way to visualize this remote landscape in a new way. I made three paragliding trips into the sands, first for GEO in Saudi Arabia, and then returned two years later to go from Riyadh to Oman and Yemen for National Geographic, and finally made a personal trip to the southern most reaches of the U.A.E. to complete my field work. What I foun...
To watch the full-length version, please visit www.intotheemptyquarter.com
Wilfred Thesiger was one of the greatest British adventurers and travel writers of the past century. He was one of my earliest heroes. His tough expeditions to the planet's wildest corners and his crisp, sparse writing style both appealed to me in the early days when I first began setting off on adventures of my own. Now Alastair Humphreys and Leon McCarron are embarking on a journey in search of Wilfred Thesiger, a journey back into Thesiger's past to learn more about the man and the motivations behind the adventures that he told so beautifully in his greatest book, Arabian Sands. This is a journey that will also take us -via Margate Beach- to the heart of the Middle East, to the Arabian peninsula, on an expedition deep into the fabled Empty Quarter desert as we attempt to walk 1000 mi...
In 40 degree heat, in the largest sand desert on the planet, Chad Sayers and Chad Manley go looking for the one of the world's strangest of ski environments: Ski Dubai. In the midst of a city of dizzying ambition, this 'local hill' climbs 60 vertical meters out of a luxury shopping mall. Inside the frigid, air conditioned space, they find a dedicated ski community of desert-dwellers, growing in the unlikeliest of places. Presented by Arcteryx.com & The GORE-TEX® Brand Producer: Jordan Manley Written & directed by: Jordan Manley & Daniel Irvine Narrator: Chad Sayers Skiers: Chad Sayers Chad Manley Mansoor AlShaali Many thanks to: DCI/Dubai Tourism Arabian Adventures Ski Dubai Mansoor AlShaali Jessica Horie Andreas Teufl Music: "The World Goes Through My Mind" by Russel Walder "Night Son...
I've just discovered my first attempt for a teaser clip for Into The Empty Quarter, back when we were calling the film A Meaningless Penance (which I still quite like as a title...) If you'd like to download the whole film please visit http://www.alastairhumphreys.com/books/intotheemptyquarter-store-2/ If you'd like to learn more about the expedition please visit http://www.alastairhumphreys.com/adventures/empty-quarter-desert/
In 1930 one Omani and one British explorer made the first ever recorded crossing of the Rub Al Khali desert. Now that 1,000 kilometre journey across the largest sand desert in the world is about to be repeated for the first time.
A short chat I recorded for a screening of my film in Berlin. I talk about how we made the film, why we made it, and some of the difficulties of making it.
SAUDI ARABIA - The new Range Rover Sport sets world record driving through ‘The Empty Quarter'.
Desert is a spectacular combination of the harsh Arabian way of life as well as modern culture and habits; it is the unspoiled nature and culture that maintains the authentic Arabian heritage. Empty Quarter is so different experience than any other desert you may have experienced. Explore the undiscovered land; view a charming desert sunset, learn to make Bedouin coffee and ‘Al-Jamri’ bread baked on sand dunes under a stunning blanket of stars. Blow your mind cruising one of the largest sand dunes in the world with desert experts, and experience a journey of a life time which will leave you with pleasurable memories forever. Masawife Tour Operator The company Started its operation in 2010 as inbound Tour operator for Saudi Arabia and has established its identity in the Global village as...
Yemen-Aden-Tours.com In Jan/Feb 2009 an invitation to join us on our field trip.
*Spoiler Alert* This is gameplay video from the Uncharted 3 Drake's Deception. This is from the single player campaign Chapter 18- The Rub al Khali. This is probably one of the coolest scenes in the game and definitely shows off the cinematic side of Uncharted 3.
More Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception Walkthrough Videos in PLAYLIST - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8wZKON07iXWPNGlpeuKRcWFcczM6ApCS Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception is a 2011 action-adventure third-person shooter platform video game developed by Naughty Dog, with a story written by script-writer Amy Hennig. It is the sequel to one of the most critically acclaimed video games of 2009, Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, and is the third game in the Uncharted series. The game was published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation 3, in North America on November 1, 2011, Europe on November 2, 2011, and Australia on November 3, 2011. A Game of the Year Edition, containing all additional content that was a part of the Fortune Hunters' Club deal, was released on September 19, 2012, fo...
Rub' al Khali Dunes - Empty Quarter Desert Oman
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Alastair Humphreys and Leon McCarron set out on an expedition inspired by Wilfred Thesiger's great journeys through the Empty Quarter desert on the Arabian peninsula. This is the short festival version of their film. For the full film and more information, please visit www.intotheemptyquarter.com
Wilfred Thesiger - Legendary Desert Explorer; Crossing the Rub Al Khali Directed by Richard Taylor for BBC TV 1967
I became captivated by Arabia's Empty Quarter as a young man when I read Wilfred Thesiger's Arabian Sands. The Empty Quarter is larger than France without a single permanent point of water or human habitation. It's both the world's largest sand sea and one of the hottest places on earth, and has only been traversed a handful of times. I didn't want to repeat Thesiger's epic journeys many decades later, but when I discovered motorized paragliding I found a way to visualize this remote landscape in a new way. I made three paragliding trips into the sands, first for GEO in Saudi Arabia, and then returned two years later to go from Riyadh to Oman and Yemen for National Geographic, and finally made a personal trip to the southern most reaches of the U.A.E. to complete my field work. What I foun...
Follow the Driven Challenges at https://newrangeroversport.landrover.com/gb/en#challenge. In the world's largest sand desert, treacherous terrain, violent sandstorms and unforgiving temperatures make The Empty Quarter the toughest challenge yet for the #NewRangeRoverSport. Watch the full story unfold as the team battle the elements against a stunning backdrop to set a new driving record. Join the conversation at www.Facebook.com/LandRover or on Twitter @LandRover #DrivenChallenges #NewRangeRoverSport
Saudi Arabia’s The Empty Quarter (Rub Al Khali) is the most barren desert in the world. Watch how an army of close to a 100 Volvo Construction Equipment helped build one of the longest road in the Middle East, through one of the harshest, extreme climate in the world, overcoming extreme logistical challenges and achieving demanding service requirements to reach Saudi Arabia’s ambitious infrastructure development program. The part that FAMCO worked on is 256 km which was awarded to Al-Rosan Company. This represents only a part of the entire highway on the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia side of the desert.
Empty Quarter Desert (Rub'al Khali) adalah gurun abadi terluas di dunia gurun dengan luas 650.000 km persegi yang meliputi 4 negara: Arab Saudi, Yaman, Oman dan Uni Emirat Arab. Sebuah fenomena alam yang aneh telah mulai terjadi di sana. Sebuah fenomena alam dengan adanya sungai pasir yang secara menakjubkan mulai mengalir melalui gurun ini, dan itu fenomena membingungkan yang indah. Beberapa orang meyakini itu di akibatkan oleh banjir bandang. mereka berpikir ada aliran air di bawah pasir tersebut.
Desert is a spectacular combination of the harsh Arabian way of life as well as modern culture and habits; it is the unspoiled nature and culture that maintains the authentic Arabian heritage. Empty Quarter is so different experience than any other desert you may have experienced. Explore the undiscovered land; view a charming desert sunset, learn to make Bedouin coffee and ‘Al-Jamri’ bread baked on sand dunes under a stunning blanket of stars. Blow your mind cruising one of the largest sand dunes in the world with desert experts, and experience a journey of a life time which will leave you with pleasurable memories forever. Masawife Tour Operator The company Started its operation in 2010 as inbound Tour operator for Saudi Arabia and has established its identity in the Global village as...
Location: Rub' al Khali (Empty Quarter), Sultanate of Oman To read more visit: http://wyprawy.transazja.pl/oman Date: January 2016 Footage by: Krzysztof Stepien, www.transazja.pl Music: Stalling by Topher Mohr and Alex Elena
LIVELEAK - Saw quicksand in the Empty Quarter, Noticed the waves just like the sea
INTO THE EMPTY QUARTER IS NOW AVAILABLE AS A DOWNLOAD OR DVD AT www.intotheemptyquarter.com Wilfred Thesiger was one of my heroes. It was his books who inspired me to join (very briefly!) his old Boxing Club at university. They encouraged me to think ambitiously but simply about making big journeys. And when he died (I was cycling through South America at the time), I felt sad that I never had the opportunity to meet him. Thesiger pushed himself hard to test himself. He lived ascetically, and scorned modern convenience, speed and luxury. The harder the life, he believed, the finer the person. His prose is simple and measured, thoughtful and honest. His photography was superb, particularly when you consider that he took fewer photographs in an entire expedition than I do on a single day. ...
I became captivated by Arabia's Empty Quarter as a young man when I read Wilfred Thesiger's Arabian Sands. The Empty Quarter is larger than France without a single permanent point of water or human habitation. It's both the world's largest sand sea and one of the hottest places on earth, and has only been traversed a handful of times. I didn't want to repeat Thesiger's epic journeys many decades later, but when I discovered motorized paragliding I found a way to visualize this remote landscape in a new way. I made three paragliding trips into the sands, first for GEO in Saudi Arabia, and then returned two years later to go from Riyadh to Oman and Yemen for National Geographic, and finally made a personal trip to the southern most reaches of the U.A.E. to complete my field work. What I foun...
To watch the full-length version, please visit www.intotheemptyquarter.com
Wilfred Thesiger was one of the greatest British adventurers and travel writers of the past century. He was one of my earliest heroes. His tough expeditions to the planet's wildest corners and his crisp, sparse writing style both appealed to me in the early days when I first began setting off on adventures of my own. Now Alastair Humphreys and Leon McCarron are embarking on a journey in search of Wilfred Thesiger, a journey back into Thesiger's past to learn more about the man and the motivations behind the adventures that he told so beautifully in his greatest book, Arabian Sands. This is a journey that will also take us -via Margate Beach- to the heart of the Middle East, to the Arabian peninsula, on an expedition deep into the fabled Empty Quarter desert as we attempt to walk 1000 mi...
In 40 degree heat, in the largest sand desert on the planet, Chad Sayers and Chad Manley go looking for the one of the world's strangest of ski environments: Ski Dubai. In the midst of a city of dizzying ambition, this 'local hill' climbs 60 vertical meters out of a luxury shopping mall. Inside the frigid, air conditioned space, they find a dedicated ski community of desert-dwellers, growing in the unlikeliest of places. Presented by Arcteryx.com & The GORE-TEX® Brand Producer: Jordan Manley Written & directed by: Jordan Manley & Daniel Irvine Narrator: Chad Sayers Skiers: Chad Sayers Chad Manley Mansoor AlShaali Many thanks to: DCI/Dubai Tourism Arabian Adventures Ski Dubai Mansoor AlShaali Jessica Horie Andreas Teufl Music: "The World Goes Through My Mind" by Russel Walder "Night Son...
I've just discovered my first attempt for a teaser clip for Into The Empty Quarter, back when we were calling the film A Meaningless Penance (which I still quite like as a title...) If you'd like to download the whole film please visit http://www.alastairhumphreys.com/books/intotheemptyquarter-store-2/ If you'd like to learn more about the expedition please visit http://www.alastairhumphreys.com/adventures/empty-quarter-desert/
In 1930 one Omani and one British explorer made the first ever recorded crossing of the Rub Al Khali desert. Now that 1,000 kilometre journey across the largest sand desert in the world is about to be repeated for the first time.
A short chat I recorded for a screening of my film in Berlin. I talk about how we made the film, why we made it, and some of the difficulties of making it.
SAUDI ARABIA - The new Range Rover Sport sets world record driving through ‘The Empty Quarter'.
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In which our heroes stalk Hitler's Thule Society to the Empty Quarter of Arabia...
Wilfred Thesiger - Legendary Desert Explorer; Crossing the Rub Al Khali Directed by Richard Taylor for BBC TV 1967
Quest: The Djinni's First Task. Exploring the Empty Quarter through The Salt Barrens.
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Ahkmed "The Inland Sea" (New Full Album) 2016 Country: Australia / Genres: Psychedelic Stoner Rock Tracklist: 01. Kaleidoscope 00:00 02. The Inland Sea 10:44 03. Last Hour Of Light 23:38 04. Pattern Of Atolls 43:45 05. The Empty Quarter 55:40 Released 14th June 2016 https://www.facebook.com/Ahkmed-265332813808305 https://ahkmed.bandcamp.com Buy the CD/Vinyl here: http://www.elektrohasch.de/
Camels are masters of the art of survival. They can go for up to ten months without a drop of water, then drink 200 liters in only 15 minutes, while their humps store fat to keep hunger at bay. But there's much more to them than that. Domesticated in Saudi Arabia's Empty Quarter for more than 5,000 years, they initiated international trade. Without them the great overland silk and spice routes would never have been born. Today their bedouin owners treasure them like their own children, and bemoan that their upkeep is so much more expensive!
Un Femme en Afrique [Empty Quarter: A Woman in Africa] (1985) Directed by Raymond Depardon https://mubi.com/notebook/posts/at-the-cinematheque-empty-quarter-a-woman-in-africa-depardon-france-1985 "There is no dialog or actions involving the narrator, only vision and sounds; the characters sometimes address or look at or near the camera as if it were a person, but the camera only holds one shot at a time, as if it were a singular way of viewing a particular memory. Depardon thereby records not a story but rather a series of poeticized (and remembered?), lyrical impressions and senses. The film is far from structureless, however, and as the title implies, the narrator's mind, vision, and trip around Africa are funneled through an obsession with an equally mysterious and wayward unknown wom...