10 of the best Google Earth views of Saudi Arabia

Cities, sand and some surprising scenes can be found from above

Al Ahsa, in the east of Saudi Arabia. All photos: Airbus, Maxar Technologies / Google

A view of Al Ahsa.

Farming in Hail Province in the north of the country.

Hail Province.

Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia.

Najran, close to the border with Yemen in the south.

Thuwal on the west coast.

Northern Borders Province.

Eastern Province.

Tabuk Province in the north, where recently it snowed.

The deserts of the Middle East are an endless run of brownish-yellow sand, right?

They certainly are not if you take a look from space via Google Earth Views, a fabulous collection of thousands of images.

From the capital city Riyadh to the dunes of Al Ahsa, and the coastal areas where waters lap untouched islands, the variety of imagery in Saudi Arabia is quite breathtaking.

And there's plenty more where these came from.

For those who really like what they see, the images can be downloaded from Google and used as digital wallpapers.

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