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A family of five that has amazing opportunities to travel the world. Having lived in Beijing, China, Hong Kong,Budapest, Hungary, and Doha, Qatar, the journeys continue to unfold before us.

Sunday, January 1, 2012

Searching for Desert Rose

The next stop was to look for 'desert rose.' Gypsum is a common mineral in supra-tidal carbonate environments. They form petal like crystals that grow together to extensive crusts or individual roses.

It felt a bit like the book Holes, where the flat the inland sabkhas were dotted with previously dug holes and then we joined in.



It wasn't hard to find and there was plenty of it. We brought home a few specimens.



Some other highlights from the outing was seeing camel tracks in the sand. Stuart also came across a scorpian and came tearing back to the car in fright.

Camel crossing