“Only in the darkness can you see the stars” Martin Luther King Jr. The location of this overnight desert trip is west of the village of Ar Rayn on Route 30, in an area known as Al-Quwaiyah. It is about two and half hours from Riyadh and our campsite was situated a further one hour inland along an easy off-road drive. The purpose of this trip was to photography the Milky Way and other aspects of the Arabian night sky. As usual, this trip was led by experienced drivers from