Survivors who reached the deserts of Syria languished in concentration camps, many starved to death, and massacres continued into 1916.
When Ulises and Arturo reach the desert, their quest for the vanished poet ends in violence, cryptic symbols and apocalyptic murmurings.
Today floods are infrequent but no less destructive; they seldom, however, reach the desert sands where the channels have been dammed.
Three corners have high elevations: the southwestern corner in Yemen, where Mount Al-Nabī Shuʿayb reaches the desert's highest elevation, 12,336 feet (3,760 metres); the northwestern corner in Hejaz (Al-Ḥijāz; a part of Saudi Arabia), where Mount Al-Lawz rises to 8,464 feet (2,580 metres); and the southeastern corner in Oman, where Mount Al-Shām attains an elevation of 9,957 feet (3,035 metres).
They reach the desert and are joined by a marching band, who play the drums heard in the song.
After getting a late start and having to drive a bit longer than expected to reach the desert, which was perfectly fine due to the fun music and great company, I found myself in the middle of nowhere.
After passing through Housekeeping Camp (which is, as you'd expect, extremely neat and tidy), we reach the deserted beach by the River Merced, which meanders lazily between the mighty granite cliffs.
By the time they reached the next desert, the oxen died of thirst.
After several hours in the mountains, Oumar reached the gates of the desert, the beginning of the Ténéré, an expanse of sand roughly the size of California.
