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Mahmoud Al-Shanti, Director of the SGS Cave Unit and
Desert Studies Program, training his son Ahmed. |
Saeed Al-Amoudi, geologist, admiring formations inside B32 Cave,
which measures over a km in length. |
Abdulrahman Al-Jouid with a human skull which he found inside
Hibashi Cave. |
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Maher Idris, Vice-President of the Saudi Geological Survey, speaking to visitors at a recent exhibit on Saudi geology,
held in King Abdulaziz City for Technology and Science, Riyadh.
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The SGS geological exhibit featured pictures of Saudi Arabia's most
interesting caves. Visitors were amazed that such beauty can be found
beneath a barren desert.
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Plenty of holes to go around! SGS geologists and friends at the
entrances to UPM Cave, first explored by Scientists from King Fahad
University of Petroleum and Minerals and the Austrian Academy of
Sciences.
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International exploration: Lars Bjurstrom (Sweden), Waddia Kashkari and
Mohammed Halawani (Saudi Arabia) and Marc Lamontagne (Canada) under one
of the many spectacular stalactite displays in Surprise Cave.
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Waddia Kashkari, John Pint and Saeed Al-Amoudi belaying Mohammed
Halawani (on the other end of the line).
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Waddia Kashkari of the Saudi Geological Survey in Dahl Murubbeh's Clubhouse Room (50 meters long) .
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Dr. Maher Idris, Vice-President of SGS dons his helmet inside Mossy Cave on the Summan Plateau.
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SGS geologist Mohammed Halawani pointing out boxwork formations to his
student, Saeed Al-Amoudi, in the Twilight Zone of
Dahl Murubbeh . |
For a report
and more pictures from a recent SGS expedition, see:
Photos courtesy of
John and Susy Pint
Lise Roussel
Maher Idris
Marc Lamontagne
Lars Bjurstrom
Greg Gregory
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