Heart of Arabia team visits Wabar craters

  • The map of the Wabar craters, known as Al Hadida or “the place of iron” to local Bedouin. All photos: Ana-Maria Pavalache / Heart of Arabia expedition
    The map of the Wabar craters, known as Al Hadida or “the place of iron” to local Bedouin. All photos: Ana-Maria Pavalache / Heart of Arabia expedition
  • Volcanic rock at the Al Wabar craters. Philby visited the craters on a separate trip across the Empty Quarter in 1932 in search of the lost desert city of Ubar
    Volcanic rock at the Al Wabar craters. Philby visited the craters on a separate trip across the Empty Quarter in 1932 in search of the lost desert city of Ubar
  • The vast deserts of Saudi Arabia captured by drone
    The vast deserts of Saudi Arabia captured by drone
  • A drone captures the team travelling in the Empty Quarter desert from above
    A drone captures the team travelling in the Empty Quarter desert from above
  • A sand dune in the Empty Quarter
    A sand dune in the Empty Quarter