I found these images of the setting sun at Bahrain’s Asry Beach in Hidd a visual treat. And all of them were silhouettes. Thus the compilation – and the headline!
Silhouette Saturday
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Monthly Archives: January 2015
Airborne Again
These pictures were taken from a helicopter back in March 2009 when I was among four people who had gone up to have an Ariel view of the then new Khalifa Bin Salman Port.
The skyline looks pretty much the same even now, but the iconic Bahrain Financial Harbour and the Bahrain World Trade Centre, as usual, stand majestically, towering over Manama and, pretty much, over all the country.
Just for the record, Bahrain has one of the highest population densities anywhere in the world and these views seem to prove that is true.
The population density is now more than 1,000 people per square kilometre and, according to the Infoplease.com website, it is seventh after Monaco, Singapore, Vatican City, Maldives, Malta and Bangladesh.
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Winter Paintbrush
Seasonal flowers in full bloom on the street walk on a crisp winter morning in Bahrain’s capital, Manama.
Such colours are seen only in the cold months, particularly in January and February, after which it starts to get warm.
The extreme desert heat after that makes it almost impossible for such beauty to flourish.
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Sun down
These two very similar shots of the setting sun pictured over different areas of Bahrain. One was taken at the exclusive beach resort at Al Dar Islands while the other is from the rooftop of a 40 floor tower in Manama.
Taking pictures of the sunset is always special in Bahrain and this proves that yet again!
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Airborne
This Ariel picture of Downtown Manama is from March 2009, when I went up in a chopper for the first time. The photographs I took then were some of the best I have. The overall skyline has not changed a lot since then, but for a few more skyscrapers that have come up. And, of course, two of the country’s best-known buildings, the Bahrain Financial Harbour and the Bahrain World Trade Centre, seen in the background, are still as majestic as ever, not matched by any new development.
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