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The harbour at night: a crescent and small stars over indigo hills, lit windows along the quay and pale sails on dark water.
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Patchwork Medina

Night Harbour

No. 7 of 50 · free · 300 dpi

What you seeThe harbour at night: a crescent and small stars over indigo hills, lit windows along the quay and pale sails on dark water.

What it meansSailors in the region steered by the stars long before charts and compasses were common, and many star names still come from Arabic.

Where it worksQuiet and deep in colour, good above a bed or in a study.

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Boats with rust and saffron sails crossing a teal sea at dusk, below a town of warm walls and a sky in saffron and rust bands.Red SailsNo. 8
Date palms beside a still pool between dunes of sand, saffron and rust, with a small mud-brick house and dome and a low red sun.OasisNo. 9
A tall grove of date palms in olive and teal fabrics rising over pale dunes on a cool morning, with a small domed house beyond.Palm GroveNo. 10
Dunes in indigo and teal under a crescent and scattered stars, palms in dark fabric and a pool holding the night sky.Desert MoonNo. 11
Bands of dunes in sand, saffron and rust under a large sun, with nothing else in view.DunesNo. 12
A single large ribbed dome in alternating turquoise and teal fabrics over a drum of arched windows and an arcade, between two cypresses.The DomeNo. 13
A broad dome in indigo and turquoise at night, its arcade glowing mustard below and stars marked across the dark sky.Blue DomeNo. 14
A tall onion dome striped in rust and saffron fabrics against a pale turquoise sky, with a sun on one side.Onion DomeNo. 15

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