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Saudi Arabia / Mountains, cloud and changing light

Asir

Explore Asir, Saudi Arabia, through twelve landscape photographs: mountain ridges, cloud-filled valleys, shafts of light and a sky of stars. Open each image to see the complete photograph and its recorded camera settings.

Stars above low cloud and the glow of town lights in the Asir mountains — Asir, Saudi Arabia.
Above the clouds after darkAsir, Saudi Arabia
Rugged mountain ridges recede into a hazy distance in Asir — Asir, Saudi Arabia.
The folds of the mountainsAsir, Saudi Arabia
Warm evening light catches a bank of cloud above the Asir highlands — Asir, Saudi Arabia.
The light at the edgeAsir, Saudi Arabia
A towering white cloud rises over dark mountain slopes in Asir — Asir, Saudi Arabia.
A sky gathering itselfAsir, Saudi Arabia
Shafts of golden light break through clouds above the mountains and buildings below — Asir, Saudi Arabia.
Light through the stormAsir, Saudi Arabia
Blue sky opens between clouds above a rocky ridge and layered green slopes — Asir, Saudi Arabia.
An opening in the skyAsir, Saudi Arabia
Rough red stone in the foreground gives way to a broad mountain valley — Asir, Saudi Arabia.
Along the ridgeAsir, Saudi Arabia
A figure looks across the mountains beneath a glowing, cloud-filled sky — Asir, Saudi Arabia.
Watching the lightAsir, Saudi Arabia
Sunlit rocks and distant ridges form a layered view through the Asir highlands — Asir, Saudi Arabia.
Layer upon layerAsir, Saudi Arabia
A figure beside a small tree looks out over the mountain landscape — Asir, Saudi Arabia.
A moment above the valleyAsir, Saudi Arabia
A bare tree stands among rocks and scrub, photographed in black and white — Asir, Saudi Arabia.
The shape that remainsAsir, Saudi Arabia
Evening light breaks over a dark ridge and clouds in the Asir highlands — Asir, Saudi Arabia.
When the clouds openAsir, Saudi Arabia

12 selected photographs. Select a photograph to view it larger.

A closer look

Look for the light between the ridges.

This Asir collection moves between wide mountain views and smaller details: a bare tree, rough foreground stone and light falling through a break in the cloud. The ridges become quieter and paler as they recede, giving each frame a different sense of distance.

Compare the broad view in “The folds of the mountains” with the closer shafts of light in “Light through the storm”. Then open “Above the clouds after dark” for a change of atmosphere. These photographs share a region, without needing to tell the same story.