Where Desert Air Meets the Red Sea Horizon
Vibhaw Shrivastava
Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
Across the still waters of the Gulf of Aqaba, the desert breathes into the sky. Distant mountains emerge through remarkably clear air; their contours are sharpened by the absence of haze in this arid landscape. Above them, soft clouds gather, fleeting signatures of heat rising from sun-scorched land into cooler layers above. In this quiet meeting of sea, land, and atmosphere, invisible atmospheric processes shape what we see: light travels farther, boundaries dissolve, and the vastness of Earth’s interconnected systems becomes momentarily visible.
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Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0) (opens in a new window)Credit: Vibhaw Shrivastava (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)
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Image
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JPG
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1.4 MB
Aspect
2:1
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4086 px
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2043 px
Brand
Motorola
Model
Motorola edge 40 neo
Exposure
6 mm f/1.8 1/3125 s ISO 105
Tint
Pale purplish blue
Submitted
4 April 2026
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