Dubai

A layover put to work: quads in the dunes by afternoon, fire dancers at the desert camp after dark.

Quads parked in the afternoon emptiness.28mm · f/7.1 · 1/125s · ISO 100

Dune bashing intermission.20mm · f/8 · 1/200s · ISO 100

The desert, in case you forgot.180mm · f/2.8 · 1/40s · ISO 100

Fire spinner at the desert camp.101mm · f/2.8 · 1/10s · ISO 100Wings of flame.150mm · f/2.8 · 1/25s · ISO 100

Through the burning ring.97mm · f/2.8 · 1/25s · ISO 100

A few hours downtown — Burj Khalifa, a very relaxed cat, and a cyclist passing the Burj Al Arab.

Burj Khalifa, craning.20mm · f/4 · 1/320s · ISO 100Local resident, unbothered.52mm · f/3.5 · 1/320s · ISO 100

Cycling past the Burj Al Arab.46mm · f/8 · 1/320s · ISO 100