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Beautiful thrush-like bird that tends to stay hidden. Dull gray above, but a head-on view reveals a stunning pattern of electric blue and orange on the throat (some variation in pattern across range). Females show fainter colors than males, sometimes lacking blue entirely, but are still very boldly patterned. On the dullest young females, look for bold white eyebrow and throat, necklace of dark streaks, and rufous on the base of the tail. Variable song includes imitations of other species among a jumble of trills, whistles, and chirps. Typically found in scrubby, brushy habitat, often in edge areas: reedbeds, overgrown fields, and thickets. Usually skulky but singing males can perch conspicuously atop a bush. Breeds across Europe and Asia into Alaska; winters from northern Africa to southeast Asia. (eBird)
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We saw several of these beautiful flycatchers during our trip and all of them came out into the open for us to see. It seems that birds on their wintering grounds are far less shy than when at home. Probably because they do not have nests and young to protect.
Khairah Forest Park, Al Bahah, Saudi Arabia. November 2025.
Saudi Birding.
Dhi Ain is an archaeological village located in Tihama, western Saudi Arabia, about 20 km from Al-Makhwah Governorate and 24 km from Al-Baha. It was founded in the tenth century AH and is more than 400 years old.
The village was built on top of a white mountain and is famous for the cultivation of bananas, lemons, peppers, basil and caddy, and handicrafts.
The village includes many houses, consisting of two to four floors, a small mosque, and many forts used to defend the village and watch.
The village is also among the ten sites approved by the Saudi government in November 2014 to ask UNESCO to include it on the World Heritage List in the coming years.
قرية ذي عين هي قرية أثرية تقع في تهامة غرب المملكة العربية السعودية، وتبعد 20 كيلومتراً تقريباً عن محافظة المخواة و24 كيلو متراً عن الباحة، ونشأت في القرن العاشر الهجري وعمرها يزيد على 400 سنة.
بنيت القرية على قمة جبل أبيض وتشتهر بزراعة الموز والليمون والفلفل والريحان والكادي، والصناعات اليدوية.
تضم القرية العديد من البيوت والمكونة من طابقين إلى أربعة طوابق ومسجداً صغيراً والعديد من الحصون المستخدمة للدفاع عن القرية والمراقبة.
القرية هي أيضاً ضمن عشر مواقع وافقت عليها الحكومة السعودية في نوفمبر 2014 لتطلب من اليونسكو ضمها إلى قائمة التراث العالمي في السنوات القادمة
Qualche volta mi è capitato di viaggiare di note su un aereo, sorvolando zone buie del pianeta. Con le luci spente, guardando fuori dal finestrino, potevo guardare le stelle e immaginare, per un momento, di trovarmi non tanto legato ad un piccolo pianeta, ma di fare un salto nella galassia, a bordo di una astronave di fantasia.
Nella foto, le stelle invernali da Orione al Cane Maggiore si snodano sopra le luci di una città dell'Arabia Saudita.
Foto dal mio archivio
Buona giornata
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Al Meger Palace is located on the Sarawat Mountains, close to Al Namas City. The place is 150 KM away from the Abha City, popular tourist city in Asir Region of the country.
The Palace was created by non-Royal individual, called Mohamed Al Meger. It was built over a period of 35 years and it took approximately USD 23 million.
Mohamed Al Meger was Government employee and travel across the world. The design of the palace was inspired by various inspiration he took during his expedition into difference countries. The Palace is placed on the top-edge of the mountain. The sunlight enters from all direction into the palace via 360 Windows, from the Sun Rise till Sun Set.
The Palace has seven Domes representing the seven continent of the world. The first and second floor of the Palace has more than 18000 heritage antique pieces acquired from the period of Andalusia & Abbasid.
The Third floor of the Palace has equipped with the collection of rare books. The manuscript collection varied from Islamic, astronomy, mathematical, history and Holy Quran. Some of the books are even more than 1000 years old.
Omar Ibn Al-Khattab Mosque, may Allah be pleased with him, in Dumat Al-Jandal in Al-Jawf region in the north of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, built 1400 years ago
مسجد عمر بن الخطاب رضي الله عنه في دومة الجندل في منطقة الجوف في شمال المملكة العربية السعودية بني قبل ١٤٠٠ سنة
Madinah is the resting place for Prophet Mohammad (PBUH). Millions of Muslims visit this place every year.
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This man knows all of Saudi Arabia's history.. He can tell you about any King's story from childhood to how his death affected the country.. Great man.
Sunset at Arab, It was the day I woke up early in the morning, While roaming by lanes of arab I took Snap for collecting memories so that I could recollect time that time I spend here. I was deeply connected pale blue clouds and darkness on ground.
Irrigation in the desert: man appropriates nature
(Saudi Arabia)
Irrigation dans le désert : l’homme s’approprie la nature
(Arabie saoudite)
Credits: ESA/NASA
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A abstract painting, in which the shapes intermingle... (Saudi Arabia)
Un tableau abstrait, où les formes s’entremêlent (Arabie saoudite)
Credits: ESA/NASA
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I'm back in Geneva! I thought there no Arabs left in the city (Geneva is a popular holiday destination for rich Arabs in Summer), but luckily I found a KSA plate recently! This one was parked in the luxury shops area of the city, in the center!
Distance from home: 5410 km.
10 minutes after the Saudi DBS, I saw another Saudi plate, on this 1-Series M Coupé!
Distance from home: 5410 km.
Des formes qu’on aperçoit souvent en survolant notre planète : on dirait une collection de vinyles géants… ou une invasion de Pacman 😨 Il s’agit de champs agricoles irrigués, au milieu de zones très arides. Ils utilisent de l'eau fossile pompée à des kilomètres sous la surface, qui est ensuite répandue sur les cultures à partir du centre, à l’aide d’un grand bras qui décrit un cercle. Dans les régions où l'eau douce est rare, c'est une façon faire pousser sa nourriture... Pas d’eau, pas de vie !!! L’emplacement de ces zones peut sembler aléatoire, mais ils suivent les nappes souterraines.
A sight we see often while flying over our planet: peas in the desert, a Pacman invasion, or Earth's record collection? The shapes are of course agriculture, using fossil water pumped up from km below the surface and spread to the crops from the centre in a circular formation. In areas where fresh water is scarce this is one way of growing food, that like all life relies on water to flourish. Their location might seem random, but they follow the underground reservoirs.
Credits: ESA/NASA–T. Pesquet
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