It has been almost 17 years since the founding father of the UAE, Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan passed away, but his legacy continues to live on in a multitude of forms. Most recently, a portrait of the former ruler of Abu Dhabi was found by well-known UAE photographer @alphaspotting.
Mohammed, the photographer has a reputation for taking stunning photos of Dubai, capturing some of the most beautiful locations of the UAE.
He had confirmed to What’s On that he spotted the portrait in the Ajman desert on Monday and we know what you’re thinking. How did anybody take that photo? Either he’s really tall or he used an aerial drone. Well it’s not the first one.
While the design is currently incomplete, we can see from the photo that trees will be used to create his facial hair and eyebrows while the sand will represent his face. The finished project looks like it will be quite similar to the Year of Zayed logo.
If you’re wondering if you can go and see this portrait for yourself, you’ll need a Jeep or suitable 4×4 to travel fairly deep into the desert, according to Mohammed.
The portrait has clearly been designed to be seen from a birds-eye view so unless there’s a tall sand dune further back that you could stand on to give you the elevation needed to fully admire this portrait, you’ll need to get yourself an aerial drone like Mohammed.
The desert has recently revealed other creations such as The Lake of Expo which was created using a lake, trees and sand and incorporates the Expo 2020 logo.
There’s also the crescent shaped Moon Lake which was only recently discovered during the holy month of Ramadan which is quite fitting and is quite close to the man-made Love Lakes of Al Qudra.
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