United Arab Emirates Travel Guide : UAE Photos : Photo of The Desert

The vastness of the desert!
... Dunes as far as the eye can see!

Apart from the coastal cities and mountains of the East, most of the United Arab Emirates is covered with an immense fine sand desert.

This desert, named "Rub Al-Khali", is also called "The Empty Quarter".
It covers the majority of the countries of the Arabic Peninsula:
Oman, Yemen, Saudi Arabia.