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Expedition car at dusk on the new dirt track built for oil exploration teams to cross the Umm as Samim (Mother of Poisons) in Oman. The Umm as Samim is the lowest point in the Empty Quarter, and its thin hard surface disguises slippery salty mud underneath. It is passable in the dry season if there hasn't been much rain, but otherwise, it's a treacherous expanse of real quicksand.

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Empty Quarter
Expedition car at dusk on the new dirt track built for oil exploration teams to cross the Umm as Samim (Mother of Poisons) in Oman. The Umm as Samim is the lowest point in the Empty Quarter, and its thin hard surface disguises slippery salty mud underneath. It is passable in the dry season if there hasn't been much rain, but otherwise, it's a treacherous expanse of real quicksand.

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