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Harry Kuril
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Posts about hiking and maps. Blog at hkuril.com.
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TCT Hike-a-thon: Week 1 challenge

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#TransCaucasianTrail #Hiking #HikeAThon
A man posing for a photo, facing towards the camera and surrounded by chestnut blossoms and leaves. A photograph looking down a dirt track covered in autumn leaves. Hanging over the track are some trees with autumn colours in their leaves, and at the end a small window of sky is visible, with the bottom half cloudy and the upper part blue. A sunrise scene reflected in a flooded meadow. The sky is orange on the horizon and grades up to blue. The sky has many condensation trails from aeroplanes, which are lit up in pink and visible in the reflection. The meadow is dark and on the horizon some leafless trees can be discerned. The water is flowing from left to right. A photograph of a field of yellow rapeseed flowers. The horizontal is mostly flat and there are dramatic clouds above.
May 7, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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Saudi Arabia Hiking Road Trip: 9. Goodbye

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#SaudiArabia #Hiking #Overlanding
A photograph of three men posing on the edge of a desert canyon. They are standing on the right edge of the canyon which is composed of red-orange rock. To the left of them, the canyon can be seen receding into the distance. The men are smiling and wearing warm clothes. A photo of a rocky, dissected desert plateau, seen from a large distance. The terrain is very rough and irregular with steep gorges and fissures. The more distant part is very hazy. The background sky is washed out to bright white and pale blue. In the foreground, there are some dark rocky crags, and a road can be seen at the foot of the plateau. A photograph of a new white car stuck in desert sand. The driver has left the car and walked around to the passenger side, where the door is open. In the background, there is a rock formation. A photograph of a desert rock formation. Wind erosion has hollowed out the rock’s horizontal layers to form many overhanging ledges, resembling a stack of pancakes dripping with syrup. The lighting has a pink hue because it is near sunrise. In the foreground is reddish sand with green bushes. The sky has some light clouds.
May 6, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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Saudi Arabia Hiking Road Trip: 8. Overnight in Wadi Disah

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#SaudiArabia #Hiking #Overlanding #WadiDisah
A night-time photograph of Wadi Disah. The photograph is taken from the floor of the valley, which is sandy. In the centre of the image is a stand of palm trees silhouetted against the starry sky. Through a gap in the middle of the palm trees, the silhouette of a rocky tower is visible. A night-time photograph of Wadi Disah. The photograph is taken from the floor of the valley, looking up towards the silhouette of a rocky ridge. On the left hand side there is a palm tree. The starry sky is visible in the top half of the image. A night-time photograph of Wadi Disah. The photograph is taken from the floor of the valley, which is sandy. The sandy clearing has rushes growing around it, which are catching the moonlight. Behind, the silhouettes of the valley walls rise up steeply. The starry sky is visible down the valley and above. A photograph of a man who is shimmying along a rock ledge towards the camera, squeezing past some tree branches. In the background is a mountainous desert scene, with wind-eroded rock formations and sunlit towers.
May 2, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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Saudi Arabia Hiking Road Trip: 7. Reaching Wadi Disah

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#SaudiArabia #Hiking #Overlanding #WadiDisah
A photograph of an arid landscape with large cliffs and rock formations, taken from a distance. In the middle of the image there are rocky columns, continuing into the distance. In the foreground on the right is a cliff, and on the bottom left, in shadow, is a road. A photograph of a desert landscape. The view looks along a road which descends to a plain, consisting of patches of yellow sand and black terrain. There are small scattered rocky hills. In the hazy distance there is a low mountain range. A road sign indicates that the road is bendy, and shows the speed limit in eastern Arabic numerals. A photograph of Wadi Disah. The photo looks between two shadowed palms trees to a small grove of palms and tall grass, all green in the sun. In the background, the tall rocky walls of the valley rise up. The blue sky is visible at the top. A photograph of taken within Wadi Disah, a canyon. On the canyon floor, flowering rushes are growing abundantly, and on the left side there are also palm trees. Behind these, one can see the one of the walls of the canyon, which tall and consists of irregular, towering sandstone.
April 28, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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Saudi Arabia Hiking Road Trip: 6. Hegra

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#SaudiArabia #Hiking #Overlanding #Hegra #Nabataeans
A photograph of the Diwan site (IGN16) in the Ithlib area of Hegra archaeological site. The site consists of a cubical chamber carved into the natural rock face, about twice the height of a person, with columnar edges and stone benches inside. The rock face is overhanging and eroded. To the left of the chamber is a narrow gap in the rock, through which a straight beam of bright sunlight falls onto the sand in the foreground. A photography of Tomb IGN18 from the Jabal Banat necropolis of the Hegra archaeological site. The tomb consists of a tall facade with a small door, recessed into the natural rockface. The rockface has horizontal bands of honeycomb pattern (tafoni). There is a tree growing in front of the tomb. A photograph of the rocky outcrops of Jebel Ithlib, taken from a distance looking over an arid, scrubby plain. The rock formations are wide and have the form of rounded towers huddled together. In the foreground some thorn bushes are visible. A nighttime scene of the main street of AlUla’s old town. Many tourists can be seen walking along the street, which is lined with stone pavements and lanterns.
April 25, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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Myanmar earthquake: My first MapAction field deployment

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#earthquake #humanitarian #volunteering #myanmar
A photograph of Harry Kuril in a blue MapAction T-shirt, standing in front of the loading doors of a truck, which is full of luggage labelled ‘United Nations’. A photo looking over a cracked kerb along a crack in the road. In the background is a damaged building, some trees with yellow flowers, a crane, and power lines at the top. A photo of counter serving refreshments in Myanmar. Two men and one woman are visible in front of the counter, and all are wearing the traditional longyi (a garmet like a dress, consisting of a single piece of fabric wrapped around the waist and extending to the ankles) and sandals. The face of one of the men is visible and on his cheeks he has of thanaka, a paste made from a root, worn as skincare. Above the counter are pictures of juices and snacks labelled in Burmese. A row of flagpoles, all of them bare except for the middle one, on which hangs the yellow-green-red flag of Myanmar at half mast. A hotel building is visible in the background, and in the foreground there is a road margin with a red and white painted kerb.
April 24, 2025 at 11:38 AM
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Last chance to see the Northern Lights?

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#Aurora #Cartography #Map
A map showing cloud cover data around the North Pole, as recorded in March and April over the years 2000 to 2014 in a study by Wilson and Jetz (2016). The cloud cover is shown from black (rarely cloudy) to white (usually cloudy). The map is an azimuthal equal-area projection centred on the pole, extending to 50 degrees north. Settlements are labelled and country outlines are shown, as well as a graticule. A map showing light pollution data around the North Pole, from The New World Atlas of Artificial Night Sky Brightness, by Falchi et al. (2016). The light pollution is shown from black (no light pollution) to hot colours (major light pollution). The map is an azimuthal equal-area projection centred on the pole, extending to 50 degrees north. Settlements are labelled and country outlines are shown, as well as a graticule. A map showing the mean modelled aurora flux intensity around the North Pole over January and February 2025, based on the OMNI-2 dataset and the OVATION model. The flux intensity is shown from purple (low intensity) to yellow colours (high intensity). The region of high intensity forms a ring around the pole, reaching lower latitudes in North America than in Europe or Siberia. The map is an azimuthal equal-area projection centred on the pole, extending to 50 degrees north. Settlements are labelled and country outlines are shown, as well as a graticule. A map showing the ‘aurora score’ around the North Pole. This metric combines measures of light pollution, cloud cover and aurora strength to identify regions with a high probability of seeing strong aurora. The score is shown from black (low chance) to icy colours (high chance). The map is an azimuthal equal-area projection centred on the pole, extending to 50 degrees north. Settlements are labelled and country outlines are shown, as well as a graticule.
March 20, 2025 at 1:32 AM
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Saudi Arabia Hiking Road Trip: 5. The Road to AlUla

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#SaudiArabia #Hiking #Overlanding
A photo of dusty desert valley. The ground is loose rocks and there are scattered thorn trees. A dirt track travels down the valley and low mountains recede into the haze. A photo of a small body of water in a dry landscape. Around the water, there is dried salt, some rocky outcrops, dirt, and some green bushes. A flatbread opened out into two halves, spread with peanut butter, halva, and Puck cheese spread. The raw ingredients are arranged around the sandwich on a colourful blanket. A view looking down a wide, sandy valley. The sandstone walls of the valley rise abruptly on the left side of the photo, where there is also a thorn tree. In the distance, tents and a car can be seen, and the sand has car tracks.
March 18, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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Saudi Arabia Hiking Road Trip: 4. Desert Rock Resort

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#SaudiArabia #Hiking #Overlanding
A photo from a high vantage point of some luxury accommodation built into a rocky desert landscape. Several groups of apartments are visible on the mountainside, with the open desert visible in the background. The corner of a swimming pool is visible in the foreground. A photo of a distant desert landscape with trees and isolated rock ridges, viewed from a high point through a gap in some rocks in the foreground. A view from a high vantage point of a desert landscape, which mixes pale sand and darker rocky ridges which. The largest ridge is a dyke which continues far into the distance. A landscape with sand and desert thorn trees in the foreground, and large rock formations behind. The main peak is smooth and round, with surfaces like eggshell.
March 13, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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Saudi Arabia Hiking Road Trip: 3. The Red Sea

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#SaudiArabia #Hiking #Overlanding
A photo looking down a road, with many receding mountain ridges in the distance. A photo of a man swimming underwater. He is partially hidden by a rock covered in matted seaweed. He is wearing goggles and bubbles are rising from his mouth. A silver platter with a grouper fish. It has many evenly-spaced black spots with pale blue centres. A photo of the old part of Umluj, Saudi Arabia. The single-story buildings are built in a traditional style, while larger modern buildings are nearby. There is a large storm cloud in the background.
March 10, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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Saudi Arabia Hiking Road Trip: 2. Jebel Radwa

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#SaudiArabia #Hiking #Overlanding
A photo of part of the jagged Jebel Radwa ridgeline, illuminated by red evening sunlight. The foreground shows a dry valley with bushes, with cliffs on the right side. A photo of a man looking up an arid valley. The left side is in shadow but the right side is sunny and shows a steep craggy ridge. A selfie of Ali, Saleh and Harry Kuril. Harry is in the middle, sitting on a rock. In the background are steep, high, arid mountains. A photo of a small stone building in an arid setting, with part of the jagged Jebel Radwa ridgeline in the background.
March 8, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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Saudi Arabia Hiking Road Trip: 1. Introduction

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#SaudiArabia #Hiking #Overlanding
A photo of the prophet’s mosque in Madinah. The view is through a gap the ornamental sunshades, up towards two of the minarets. In the darker foreground, pilgrims are bustling. A selfie of Ali, Saleh and Harry Kuril. In the background is a crater where their tents are pitched. A night-time photograph of three tents. The tents are illuminated from with and glowing red, and the background is black.
March 7, 2025 at 12:09 PM