Smaller roadways, lit with blue lights, extend to the west to small cities along the Red Sea coastline. Taif is located on the slopes of the Sarawat Mountains and provides a summer retreat for the Saudi government from the desert heat of the capital, Riyadh.īright yellow-orange lighting marks highways that parallel the trend of the Asir Mountains (image center), connecting Mecca to the resort cities of Al Bahah and Abha.
Jeddah is the gateway city for Islamic pilgrims going to nearby Mecca, a religious journey known as the Hajj. Three brightly lit urban centers are visible at image top left: Jeddah, Mecca, and Taif. While much of the country is lightly populated desert-and relatively dark at night due to lack of city and roadway lights-the southwestern coastal region has a more moderate climate and several large cities. Patchy cloud cover partially obscures and blurs the city lights, especially in the vicinity of Khamis Mushait and Abha. This striking image of the coastline of southwestern Saudi Arabia was taken by astronauts on the International Space Station.
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