This digger has been a favourite subject of mine. It is typical of a lot of industrial equipment in Doha. It was used until it could no longer be used and then left were it lies. I love the evidence of its life and its slow decay that is written all over it.
On this particular day it rained. We get less than a week of rain a year in Qatar usually. I couldn't pass up this opportunity to emphasize the desolation of the old machine with this view of its cab spattered in rain spots. Again, if I hadn't had a camera with me this shot would never have happened. This is the essence of smash and grab photography.
The colors there are so crazy! Is everything coated with the same monochromatic yellow dust?! The important thing is to remember to walk without rhythm or else the sandworms will get you.
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I'd forgotten the whole "Dune" thing from Suzy's room but the reminder is nice. Yes, Doha -- Qatar even, is perpetually disappearing back under the sand. That's OK. It's not like the sand is hiding anything worth looking at a lot of the time. Extended stays here are painful mostly from the visual deprivation involved. Trees? Rivers? Lakes? What are these things?