What's this all about? Is somebody engineering this, or is it completely natural?

There are patches of grass and other plants along the freeway leading to Madinah from Jeddah. There's one area I remember where if you look from a certain angle, you wouldn't even be able to tell you're in the desert.

I'm not talking about the chicken farm.

^^

this is normal ,,almost every winter :)
are you new in Saudi ?

^^^ he seems to be :lol: but I have to admit,last year and this year the greenery is much more than I ever remember (from Jeddah to Makkah "to the east",Jeddah to Madinah "to the north" and from Jeddah to Alleeth "to the south)
I took this photo on the Jeddah Makkah express (5 Kilometer away from Jeddah) this after noon (another rainy day In Jeddah :) )

3.1.2011
http://center.jeddahbikers.com/uploads/jb12940665571.jpg

R U sure this pic taken between Jeddah and Makkah???

I took it my self this after noon
location:3-4 Km before the national guard Hospital (when coming from Jeddah) on the southern side of the road :)

^^^ he seems to be :lol: but I have to admit,last year and this year the greenery is much more than I ever remember (from Jeddah to Makkah "to the east",Jeddah to Madinah "to the north" and from Jeddah to Alleeth "to the south)
I took this photo on the Jeddah Makkah express (5 Kilometer away from Jeddah) this after noon (another rainy day In Jeddah :) )

3.1.2011
http://center.jeddahbikers.com/uploads/jb12940665571.jpg

Neat. :)

^^^Some pictures on GE show gras growing near the highway....

wow that looks like somewhere in europe.

well long before much of arabia was green, i guess if it rains a lot, it will turn green again

I took it my self this after noon
location:3-4 Km before the national guard Hospital (when coming from Jeddah) on the southern side of the road :)

is that close to prince fawaz district? or Alrhili gas station? that were i used to live:D

^^ You used to live on a highway? :D

yes the highway is behind the villas, I can see everything through second floor windows!

@ SG:
yeah it's a couple of Km after Fawwaz Dis :)

i saw the same thing when i was going from khobar to riyadh, the road was covered with grass from both sides... and it was very green ! not yelow

^^

this is normal ,,almost every winter :)
are you new in Saudi ?

but it is growing bigger every year

lol, someone's trying to make it a prophecy.

lol, someone's trying to make it a prophecy.

indeed

The end is near!

http://www.mytinyphone.com/uploads/users/kiveya/150901.gif

Seriously, though. It's really cool to see large patches of bright green grass along the freeways. That's a great picture, Rody. I've shown it to several people, and they couldn't believe that was in the outskirts of Jeddah.

The end is near!

http://www.mytinyphone.com/uploads/users/kiveya/150901.gif

Seriously, though. It's really cool to see large patches of bright green grass along the freeways. That's a great picture, Rody. I've shown it to several people, and they couldn't believe that was in the outskirts of Jeddah.

How do you think our ancestors survived in this country for thousands of years? The whole idea behind being a bedouin is that you can graze your livestock on the grass that forms in the springtime after the rain.

(The green patch you encountered between Riyadh and Khobar is Si3d National Park, btw.)

R U sure this pic taken between Jeddah and Makkah???

for sure you know this place then :)

http://up.arab-x.com/Jan11/tCg03650.jpg

http://up.arab-x.com/Jan11/GJG03650.jpg

http://up.arab-x.com/Jan11/IaI03650.jpg

http://up.arab-x.com/Jan11/MWm03650.jpg

http://up.arab-x.com/Jan11/xgX03704.jpg

http://up.arab-x.com/Jan11/mtF03704.jpg

from Usfan (north east Jeddah) 16.01.2010

http://www.okaz.com.sa/new/Issues/20110117/images/a555.jpg

http://www.okaz.com.sa/new/Issues/20110117/Images/b90.jpg

just out side jeddah heading to Makkah (before Bahra) Today 24.01.2011

http://www.mlfnt.com/lives2/12958834222.jpg

between Makkah and Taif today:

http://www.mekshat.com/pix/upload04/images200/mk185727_kabt1.jpg

http://www.mekshat.com/pix/upload04/images200/mk185727_kabt2.jpg

http://www.mekshat.com/pix/upload04/images200/mk185727_kabt3.jpg

a photo was shot today from a little toen called (Hada AL-Shaam,هدى الشام)
38 Km East of Jeddah
34 Km north of Makkah
http://up.albrari.com/uploads/12958899751.jpg

beautiful, lovely view.

ماشاء الله تبارك الله.. :)
الله يرزقنا هنا في الوسطى

ماشاء الله تبارك الله.. :)
الله يرزقنا هنا في الوسطى

No, leave Nejd alone. I like it the way it is, deserty and full of dirt.

^^ There's a lot to be said for dry land ;)

انا من جدة وهذي اول مرة اشوف الأرض خضرا زي كذا, شي غريب