Chris Nakahara

Two Days in Abu Dhabi

Looking up at two sun-lit residential towers with arched window details, a sliver of sky between them.
Gold-capped columns with floral inlay in the Grand Mosque's courtyard, staff cleaning the marble floor.
Looking up at downtown towers with a bird flying overhead against a clear sky.
A dark corridor framing a glass door onto the waterfront, sunset light spilling in.
A perforated concrete pavilion beside a reflecting pool, with sculpted dune-shaped roofs in the distance.
Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque seen from a moving car, a palm tree framing the foreground.
A lattice-clad museum building on Saadiyat Island, visitors walking along its rooftop terrace.
The UAE flag flying against a dusk sky with a crescent moon, palm trees below.
The white domes and colonnade of the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque seen through a keyhole arch, the courtyard reflected faintly on the polished floor.
A colonnade of latticed screens at a museum, sunlight striping the stone floor.
Construction workers carrying wall panels near a museum's steel falcon-wing towers, still under construction.
Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque's minarets and domes seen through a taxi's rear window.
A shaded terrace opening onto the waterfront, the Abu Dhabi skyline visible across the water at dusk.
A lifeguard tower on an empty beach at sunset, the Abu Dhabi skyline across the water.