This is a another shot inside the courtyard of the main mosque of Ushaiger. Ushaiger is one of the oldest towns in the Saudi region of Najd and it was a major stopping point for pilgrims coming from Kuwait, Iraq and Iran to perform Hajj or Umrah. It was mostly abandoned 50 years ago, but is now being reconstructed and people have started to move back in. Also see http://thompsonsinsaudi.blogspot.com/2011/04/ushaiger-village.html Quoting this website: coordinates 25°20′33″N 45°11′0″E. ... 200 kms each way of easy highway from Riyadh. As part of a training exercise for a group of scientists and engineers from KACST in Riyadh, Tom DeFanti and Andrew Prudomme went with the group to shoot these CAVEcams and also attempt some structure from motion (SfM) image capture. Thanks to Saleh Al-Harti, Mohammed Alfarhan, Azzam Asuhaibani, and Badr Altasan of KACST who got us to this amazing museum, and helped us photograph this reconstructed town.
