Desert Safari Riyadh Red Sand Dunes
Rolling iron-red dunes popular for dune bashing, sandboarding, quad biking and desert sunsets.
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About this audio guide
This guide to the Red Sand Dunes outside Riyadh starts with the sand in your own hand and a simple question about its colour. It follows Andrew Bradley and his colleagues, whose 2018 study of a central Saudi sand sea went from satellite images down to single grains. Along the way you'll hear about wind, rivers, feldspar and gypsum. Best heard on a crest, looking down at the lighter hollows between the dunes.
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