A photographic journey through the various climates of the Jabel Jais Mountains- United Arab Emirates.

1. Seasons of the
by, Anu Prasanth
Jabel Jais
a mountain photography journey through the seasons

2. Jebel Jais in Ras Al Khaimah is
the tallest mountain at 5,700ft
or 1900m above sea level.
This is in the north-east edge
of the desert land with beauti-
ful climatic seasons. Now, this
mountains are attracted by the
adventuress lovers of the UAE.

3. The place where you can
be very close to the sun

4. When the climate is in a normal
condition of 20-30 degree, then
the hills and the rods are so
visible and beautiful by nature.

5. This is the road taking to the
peak of the mountain. The valley
is interesting visual treatment
with the artificial curvy road.

6. Shades of blue is the domi-
nating color of the Jebl Jais
mountain clusters, and this
is happening only when the
climate is normal with 20-
30 degree of temperature.

7. The Ras Al Khaima city and the
blend of blue sea and blue sky.
This is the view of other side
of the Jebel Jais Mountains.

8. Now this mountain peak is
welcoming the adventure lov-
ers and the families during the
best climatic seasons of the na-
ture except the harsh summer.

9. Perhaps mountain goats
are ruling this heights and
now they are welcoming
a new season of WINTER

10. This is like a watch tower now,
this place can introduce the
sunset from a height level.

11. When the climate is head-
ing down to below 15 de-
gree, then the clouds also
moving in our height level.

12. Winter is floating over the
mountains with heavy fog

13. Thick fog is wafting over
through the edge of a moun-
tain peak. Heavy wind is
blowing from the bottom of
the mountain and pushing
up the thick fog to the peak.

14. This is not a volcano. Sun
is setting down in the west
and the evening color is
spreading over the fog.

15. Winter is the good time to have
night camps under the moun-
tain and the blue sky. Stars
and the wind will be good com-
pany for the midnight bar-
beque and the party music.

16. Now, this is the time to say
good bye to Winter and wel-
come a new season of Summer.

17. Summer mornings are good
in colors and cloudy. Sum-
mer temperature in the sea
level (1900ft down) is at 40+
degree and here in the peak
the temperature stands at
27+ degree in the mornings.

18. When summer hits the mountain
with harsh sunlight and hot rays.

19. When summer hits the moun-
tain with harsh sunlight and
hot rays, survival is very diffi-
cult even for the desert plants.

20. Layers of table top hard sur-
faces, seems like these moun-
tains might had been un-
der the sea for long years.

21. Survival of the existence - Some
plants are really challenging the
hot temperature. Don’t know
whether these plants would
be here for next one week

22. Somewhere in the mid of the
mountain heights, could see
the farming areas. But the tem-
perature of the present season
is not suitable for the farming.

23. All the way the mountain is
dry because of the hard sum-
mer. Both the rods and the
farm fields are dry and burning.

24. Part of Ras Al Khaima, a mod-
ern village and the road in the
west valley of the mountains.

25. Time is almost 8.30 in the
morning. Still the sunlight
is not touched over the roof
of the village. The moun-
tain peaks are hiding the di-
rect ray falling over the valley.

26. The majority of the mountain
surface is hard stones only, well
in layers and layers. Soft surface
or gravel surface is very rare in
thiswholemountainclusterarea.

27. Here is the season comparison
of temperature less than 20
degree centigrade and great-
er than 40 degree centigrade

28. A hard road leading to the in-
ner areas of the mountain.
Here comes a Japan made se-
dan from the mountain deep

29. Hill way to the down valley
of the Jebel Jais Mountains.

30. This is not an old lost temple
wall in the background. Both the
sides of the hill way is beauti-
fully crafted by the nature itself.

31. Summer is so hard in the val-
ley too. Wonderful factor is
that the nearby pond has
amount of water in stock. Hop-
ing that this won’t get dry like
how the foreground land got
dried in this heavy summer.

32. An abandoned tree in the area
where mining is taking place.
Perhaps the valley is protect-
ing many histories under the
surface. Man is an anxiety ani-
mal too, he is always hunting
for the past, present and future
too. Let this lonely abandoned
tree give him a shadow when
he feeling to have a short break
in his journey of findings…,

33. ..and here I’’m waiting for
the next season..., rain