Umm as Samim

Al Wusta · Oman

Umm as Samim, Oman
Photo: National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center. 2/17/1973, Public domain via Wikimedia Commons

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November to February
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A treacherous salt flat on the edge of the Empty Quarter, notorious for quicksand beneath its crusted surface. The desolate expanse has long been feared by desert travelers.

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