Much of Oman’s landscape is low-lying, hot, and dry. Northern Oman, however, contains rugged mountains, some of the highest elevations in eastern Arabia, and varied vegetation.
The rocky, fjord-like fingers of the Musandam Peninsula jut into the narrow Strait of Hormuz at the mouth of the Persian Gulf in this detailed image from the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer on NASA's Terra satellite.