I was scanning old pictures when my 7 years old daughter
paused at my back, peeked at the monitor with chin at my right shoulder and
asked; “Ano’yan daddy; dagat?” (What is that daddy; the sea?) and there is not a drop of sea water in the picture.
I was shocked; it baffles me to this day…
The Assir region is Saudi Arabia’s highest peak and wherever
you drive; you can’t help but be awed by the beauty of this corner of the Arabian
Peninsula. It is more than 3,000 feet above sea level with a weather system
that is almost heavenly if you consider the searing heat of the desert. It is
not hard to tell if you travel through the breathtaking panorama of mountains
and valleys that these valleys and rocks were once at the bottom of the sea.
The shoreline markings (map Google photo) that divide the
underwater rocks and the mountain peaks that were above water are unmistakable
but how did a ‘7 years old’ tell from a 30 years old photo is mindboggling. My
other children grew up in this region and although we frequently travelled through
these mountains; none of them ever mentioned of being in what used to be a sea
and here comes one who has never been here; peeked at a worn out photo
and said; “What is that daddy, the sea?”
NLK
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