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1481-26. Sand crab in shallow water near village of Al Jumail (Jumayl) west of Ruwais on northwest coast. Qatar, September 20, 2014Similar picturesLarge thumbnails | Use small thumbnails | View as slideshow |
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1481-26. Sand crab in shallow water near village of Al Jumail (Jumayl) west of Ruwais on northwest coast. Qatar, September 20, 2014Similar picturesLarge thumbnails | Use small thumbnails | View as slideshow |
 Ruined village of Al Jumail (Jumayl) west of Ruwais on northwest coast. Qatar, September 20, 2014  Suaeda aegyptiaca with flowers near village of Al Jumail (Jumayl) west of Ruwais on northwest coast. Qatar, September 20, 2014  Shoot of Bienertia sinuspersici near village of Al Jumail (Jumayl) west of Ruwais on northwest coast. Qatar, September 20, 2014  Bienertia sinuspersici with flower buds near village of Al Jumail (Jumayl) west of Ruwais on northwest coast. Qatar, September 20, 2014  Mangrove (Avicennia marina) with fruits near village of Al Jumail (Jumayl) west of Ruwais on northwest coast. Qatar, September 20, 2014  Fruits of mangrove (Avicennia marina) near village of Al Jumail (Jumayl) west of Ruwais on northwest coast. Qatar, September 20, 2014  Ruined village of Al Jumail (Jumayl) used for film set, west of Ruwais on northwest coast. Qatar, February 6, 2010  Ruined village of Al Jumail (Jumayl) used for film set, west of Ruwais on northwest coast. Qatar, March 3, 2010  Stone building of the village school in ruined fishermen village of Al Jumail (Jemail, Jumayl), west of Ruwais on northwest coast. Qatar, February 6, 2010  Ruined house in a village of Al Jumail (Jumayl) used for film set, west of Ruwais on northwest coast. Qatar, February 6, 2010  Window frames in ruined village of Al Jumail (Jumayl), west of Ruwais on northwest coast. Qatar, February 6, 2010  Stone walls in ruined village of Al Jumail (Jumayl) used for film set, west of Ruwais on northwest coast. Qatar, February 6, 2010  Stone house in ruined village of Al Jumail (Jumayl) used for film set, west of Ruwais on northwest coast. Qatar, February 6, 2010  Stone house in ruined village of Al Jumail (Jumayl) used for film set, west of Ruwais on northwest coast. Qatar, March 3, 2010  Broken stone walls in a ruined village of Al Jumail (Jumayl) used for film set, west of Ruwais on northwest coast. Qatar, February 6, 2010  Graffiti on stone walls in ruined village of Al Jumail (Jumayl) used for film set, west of Ruwais on northwest coast. Qatar, February 6, 2010  Dying beached Annulated sea snake (Hydrophis lapemoides) near village of Al Jumail (Jumayl), west of Ruwais on northwest coast. Qatar, February 6, 2010  Fishing rope among sea grass on a beach near ruined village of Al Jumail (Jumayl) used for film set, west of Ruwais on northwest coast. Qatar, March 3, 2010  Al Hussein Mosque (Mohammed Bin Hussein Bin Ghanem El Rayeq Qubaisi) in a fishing village of Al Jumail (Jumayl) used for film set, west of Ruwais on northwest coast. Qatar, February 11, 2011  Al Hussein Mosque (Mohammed Bin Hussein Bin Ghanem El Rayeq Qubaisi) in a fishing village of Al Jumail (Jumayl) used for film set, west of Ruwais on northwest coast. Qatar, February 6, 2010  Old street in a village of Al Jumail (Jumayl) west of Ruwais. Northern Qatar, May 9, 2015  Old house in a village of Al Jumail (Jumayl) west of Ruwais. Northern Qatar, May 9, 2015  Ruins in a village of Al Jumail (Jumayl) west of Ruwais. Northern Qatar, May 9, 2015  Stone house in a village of Al Jumail (Jumayl) west of Ruwais. Northern Qatar, May 9, 2015  Stones on a beach in a village of Al Jumail (Jumayl) west of Ruwais. Northern Qatar, May 9, 2015  Houses in a village of Al Jumail (Jumayl) west of Ruwais. Northern Qatar, January 24, 2015  Al Hussein Mosque in a village of Al Jumail (Jumayl) west of Ruwais. Northern Qatar, May 9, 2015  Stone piles in a village of Al Jumail (Jumayl) west of Ruwais. Northern Qatar, May 9, 2015  Stone gates in a village of Al Jumail (Jumayl) west of Ruwais. Northern Qatar, May 9, 2015  Oil on beachrock near a village of Al Jumail (Jumayl) west of Ruwais. Northern Qatar, January 24, 2015  Beachrock near a village of Al Jumail (Jumayl) west of Ruwais. Northern Qatar, January 24, 2015  Stone walls in a village of Al Jumail (Jumayl) west of Ruwais. Northern Qatar, May 9, 2015  Stones near a beach in a village of Al Jumail (Jumayl) west of Ruwais. Northern Qatar, January 24, 2015  Window frame in a village of Al Jumail (Jumayl) west of Ruwais. Northern Qatar, June 26, 2015  Door frame in a village of Al Jumail (Jumayl) west of Ruwais. Northern Qatar, June 26, 2015  Mosque at sunrise in a village of Al Jumail (Jumayl) west of Ruwais. Northern Qatar, June 26, 2015  Mosque minaret in a village of Al Jumail (Jumayl) west of Ruwais. Northern Qatar, June 26, 2015  Ruins in a fishing village of Al Jumail (Jumayl) west of Ruwais. Northern Qatar, June 26, 2015  Stone walls in a village of Al Jumail (Jumayl) west of Ruwais. Northern Qatar, January 24, 2015  Stone ruins in a village of Al Jumail (Jumayl) west of Ruwais. Northern Qatar, January 24, 2015  Stone ruins a village of Al Jumail (Jumayl) west of Ruwais. Northern Qatar, January 24, 2015  Tidal flats near a village of Al Jumail (Jumayl) west of Ruwais. Northern Qatar, June 26, 2015  Mosque minaret in a village of Al Jumail (Jumayl) west of Ruwais. Northern Qatar, January 24, 2015  Stone ruins on a beach in a village of Al Jumail (Jumayl) west of Ruwais. Northern Qatar, May 9, 2015  Traditional colonnade (liwan) in a village of Al Jumail (Jumayl) west of Ruwais. Northern Qatar, June 26, 2015  Ruins of a stone house in a village of Al Jumail (Jumayl) west of Ruwais. Northern Qatar, June 26, 2015  Some stone shed in a fishing village of Al Jumail (Jumayl) west of Ruwais. Northern Qatar, June 26, 2015  Stone wall at sunrise in a village of Al Jumail (Jumayl) west of Ruwais. Northern Qatar, June 26, 2015  Stone ruins at sunrise in a village of Al Jumail (Jumayl) west of Ruwais. Northern Qatar, June 26, 2015  A street at sunrise in a fishing village of Al Jumail (Jumayl) west of Ruwais. Northern Qatar, June 26, 2015  Window in a stone wall in a fishing village of Al Jumail (Jumayl) west of Ruwais. Northern Qatar, June 26, 2015  Intertidal stone fish traps near a village of Al Jumail (Jumayl) west of Ruwais. Northern Qatar, January 24, 2015  Mosque minaret and traditional colonnade (liwan) in a village of Al Jumail (Jumayl) west of Ruwais. Northern Qatar, June 26, 2015  Dead mangrove tree (Avicennia marina) near a fishing village of Al Jumail (Jumayl) west of Ruwais. Northern Qatar, June 26, 2015  Hewlett Packard computer monitor among trash on a beach near a village of Al Jumail (Jumayl) west of Ruwais. Northern Qatar, January 24, 2015  Small crab hiding in sand in shallow water in Al Mafyar (Mafjar) area on northern coast (Al Shamal). Qatar, June 27, 2015  Mesquite tree (Prosopis juliflora, Prosopis chilensis)(?) in a village of Al Jumail (Jumayl) west of Ruwais. Northern Qatar, May 9, 2015  Twig of mangrove (Avicennia marina) with fruits taken from a site west of Ruwais on northwest coast. Qatar, September 20, 2014  Cut seeds of mangrove (Avicennia marina) with fruits taken from a site west of Ruwais on northwest coast. Qatar, September 20, 2014  Grey mangroves (Avicennia marina) surrounded by aerial roots (pneumatophores) at low tide near a fishing village of Al Jumail (Jumayl) west of Ruwais. Northern Qatar, June 26, 2015  Line of aerial roots (pneumatophores) of a mangrove tree (Avicennia marina) at low tide near a fishing village of Al Jumail (Jumayl) west of Ruwais. Northern Qatar, June 26, 2015  Mangrove tree (Avicennia marina) surrounded by aerial roots (pneumatophores) at low tide near a fishing village of Al Jumail (Jumayl) west of Ruwais. Northern Qatar, June 26, 2015  Cut halves of a seed of mangrove (Avicennia marina) with fruits taken from a site west of Ruwais on northwest coast. Qatar, September 20, 2014  Dissected seeds of mangrove (Avicennia marina) with fruits taken from a site west of Ruwais on northwest coast. Qatar, September 20, 2014  Dissected half of a seed of mangrove (Avicennia marina) with fruits taken from a site west of Ruwais on northwest coast. Qatar, September 20, 2014  Grey mangrove (Avicennia marina, qurm, shourah) surrounded by aerial roots (pneumatophores) at low tide near a fishing village of Al Jumail (Jumayl) west of Ruwais. Northern Qatar, June 26, 2015  Small crab in shallow water in Al Mafyar (Mafjar) area on northern coast (Al Shamal). Qatar, June 27, 2015  Small crab with caviar taken from shallow water in Al Mafyar (Mafjar) area on northern coast (Al Shamal). Qatar, June 27, 2015  Small crab with blue claws in shallow water in Al Mafyar (Mafjar) area on northern coast (Al Shamal). Qatar, June 27, 2015  Some sand mounds in shallow water of salt marsh near Jazirat Umm Tays, barrier island at northern tip of Qatar, east from Ruwais. Qatar, April 12, 2013  Expansive view looking north-northwest from the southern end of the Sestroretsk coastline towards the Sestroretsk Resort (Kurort) and, further in the distance, the settlement of Solnechnoe (Sunny). The coastline curves gently inward. This specific geography near Sestroretsk causes the eastward littoral drift (sand movement) to weaken, resulting in a very wide, accretional beach (up to 140 meters wide) known for its fine sand and extensive dunes. The foreground shows a sandy spit or sandbar created by the outflow of water. The shallow water here creates the wide, calm pools seen in the foreground, which are popular with birds. Sestroretsk near Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 9, 2025  Small sand crab in Al Mafyar (Mafjar) area on northern coast (Al Shamal). Qatar, June 27, 2015  Sand crab at low tide in Al Mafyar (Mafjar) area on northern coast (Al Shamal). Qatar, June 27, 2015  Small sand crab at low tide in Al Mafyar (Mafjar) area on northern coast (Al Shamal). Qatar, June 27, 2015  Sand crab at low tide near its burrow in Al Mafyar (Mafjar) area on northern coast (Al Shamal). Qatar, June 27, 2015  Old fishing village (ghost town) of Al Khuwair behind sand dunes west from Lekhwair on northern coast. Qatar, June 6, 2015  Linear leaves of narrowleaf seagrass Halodule uninervis in shallow water in Al Mafyar (Mafjar) area on northern coast (Al Shamal). Qatar, June 27, 2015  Fish covered in sand in shallow water in Al Aaliya Island (Jazirat al Aliyah). Qatar, March 27, 2013  Sand crab bubbles on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, November 8, 2014  Water well in old fishing village (ghost town) of Al Ghariyah on north-eastern coast, Ash Shamal area. Qatar, December 19, 2015  Mud crab in mangroves area near Jazirat Umm Tays, barrier island at northern tip of Qatar, east from Ruwais. Qatar, April 12, 2013  Intricate patterns in the sand that are wave-formed ripples (also known as oscillation ripples), which provide a frozen snapshot of the water s movement just before the tide or water level receded. They are formed by the back-and-forth oscillatory motion of water particles at the bottom of shallow waves. As a wave passes, water moves sand grains forward and then backward, piling them into these neat, parallel ridges. The crests (ridges) of the ripples run parallel to the shoreline, which is typical for wave-formed ripples as they align perpendicular to the direction of wave propagation. The preservation of such sharp ripple crests indicates the water receded gently, likely during a calm period after the windier conditions that initially formed them. Sestroretsk near Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 9, 2025  Ruins of Zubara City (archeology site) on northwest coast. Qatar, March 13, 2010  Sand bubbles indicating occurrence of a sand bubbler crab (Scopimera crabricauda) in Al Aaliya Island (Jazirat al Aliyah). Qatar, March 27, 2013  Excavations of ruins of Zubara City (archeology site) on northwest coast. Qatar, March 13, 2010  Bedouin with a herd of sheep near Qal at Ruwayda archeological Site on northwest coast. Qatar, February 6, 2010  Dr. Petersen guiding a tour of a fort at Qal at Ruwayda archeological Site on northwest coast for Qatar Natural History Group. Qatar, February 6, 2010  Dr. Petersen in an excavated mound guiding a tour of Qal at Ruwayda archeological Site on northwest coast for Qatar Natural History Group. Qatar, February 6, 2010  Excavated stone walls of Zubara City (archeology site) on northwest coast. Qatar, March 13, 2010  Water morning glory (water spinach, water convolvulus, Ipomoea aquatica) near a water leakage site near sand processing plant near Irkhaya (Irkaya) Farms. Qatar, November 13, 2015  Malabar sprangletop (brown beetle-grass, Leptochloa fusca) in shallow water in a roadside depression east from Al Jebail water treatment plant. Al Khor, Qatar, January 23, 2016  Small crab with blue claws in Al Mafyar (Mafjar) area on northern coast (Al Shamal). Qatar, June 27, 2015  Ruins of a house in old fishing village (ghost town) of Al Khuwair west from Lekhwair on northern coast. Qatar, May 21, 2016  Minaret of a mosque in old fishing village (ghost town) of Al Khuwair west from Lekhwair on northern coast. Qatar, May 21, 2016  White flowers of water morning glory (water spinach, water convolvulus, Ipomoea aquatica) near a water leakage site near sand processing plant near Irkhaya (Irkaya) Farms. Qatar, November 13, 2015 |
