Abu Dhabi

Carol Sand Dune at Al Saad Industrial Area  G. Foster Photograph

 

International Space Station 180mm Photograph

Image credit:  Image Science and Analysis Laboratory, NASA Johnson Space Center (http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov)

ABU DHABI 24.47N, 54.37E

The link is to the Wikipedia page on Abu Dhabi.

GEOLOGY OF THE AREA


SAADIYAT ISLAND

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SAADIYAT ISLAND  (SAMPLE #2)

AL SAAD INDUSTRIAL AREA

BRITISH CLUB NEAR ZAYED PORT

HIGHWAY E 22 BETWEEN AL KHATIM AND AL KHASNA

HIGHWAY 11 - ≈20KM NORTH OF ABU DHABI

AL MAKTOUM AIRPORT , BETWEEN ABU DHABI AND DUBAI

DOWNTOWN ABU DHABI AFTER SAND STORM

CONSTRUCTION SAND PILE

 

 

 

SAADIYAT ISLAND

 

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SAADIYAT ISLAND  (SAMPLE #2) 24.547N, 54.444E

Large white sand dunes near the coast about 6 km east of Abu Dhabi. - G. Foster

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AL SAAD INDUSTRIAL AREA 24.173N, 55.386E

Large sand dune perhaps 30 meters high; named Carol Sand Dune. - G. Foster

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BRITISH CLUB NEAR ZAYED PORT 24.500N, 54.346E

 

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HIGHWAY E 22 BETWEEN AL KHATIM AND AL KHASNA 24.166N, 55.000E

Whitish/grey dunes with a low profile - G. Foster

 

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HIGHWAY 11 - ≈20KM NORTH OF ABU DHABI

"This site has no vegetation, and sand collects on the lee side of some small (knee-high) hillocks. The sand is uniform, and is deposited through wind action entirely." - G. Foster

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AL MAKTOUM AIRPORT

BETWEEN ABU DHABI AND DUBAI

"[The sample] is from a location just on the southern edge of Al Maktoum Airport in UAE. It's mostly windblown. It is a very fine grain although I have seen finer material." G. Foster.

 

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DOWNTOWN ABU DHABI AFTER SAND STORM

"[The] sand sample [was] taken in downtown Abu Dhabi on 20 February 2015. What is interesting about this sample is it is reddish and entirely an accumulation of windblown sand that collected in a gutter. It is free of extraneous material and the grain size appears to be uniform in size (very fine). Abu Dhabi experienced a horrendous wind and dust storm over the weekend, and this is the result. I am not sure how far the sand traveled, but it looks to be from sand dunes near Al Ain." G. Foster Photograph and text.

 

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CONSTRUCTION SAND PILE

MICRO DUNES IN CONSTRUCTION SAND - G. Foster Photograph

"These are special samples. I visited he pile of desert sand and tried to extract the red grains. I used a stiff piece of thin paper to skim the grains off the top. I didn't dare go too deep., but just lightly skimmed the top layer." [TOP] (Sample on the right below)

"Then I decided I would take a sample of the same sand at-large in the same area of the sand pile. I didn't separate any grains. I just took a scoop." [BOTTOM] (Sample to the left below)

"These two samples can be compared, although to my eye, after being so careful, I can't tell the difference in coloration. I suppose I see a more pronounced red in the carefully obtained sample, but not by much.

The location of the pile is up a side street near the Souk next to Trader's Hotel in Abu Dhabi (off the island). But the location is meaningless as this sand has been hauled in from the desert a few years ago, and dumped there for some reason." G. Foster

NOTE: Everything concerning the photography and processing of the two samples was identical so that changes in coloration could only come from the samples. C. Lindgren

 

 

 

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