Posted on December 1, 2023
Cee’s midweek challenge theme this week is something that ends in the letter R. In retrospect, I could maybe have combined this image with her Fun Foto theme of any kind of light fitting.
Never mind. This is one of the chandeliers that hang in the prayer hall of the Grand Mosque in Muscat, the capital of Oman. I’ve thrown in the stained glass for free.

Category: Uncategorized Tagged: Chandelier, CMMC, Grand Mosque, mosque, Muscat, Oman
Posted on April 19, 2023
Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge this week is to show an image of something large. It’s all relative of course, but if you notice the human figure on the lower left of this photo of the interior of the Grand Mosque in Muscat, Oman it’s pretty clear that it’s…well, Grand.

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Anything Large
Category: Travel Tagged: Cee's Fun Foto Challenge, Grand Mosque, Large, mosque, Muscat, Oman, Scale
Posted on November 11, 2019
The Grand Mosque in Muscat, the capital of the Sultanate of Oman, features many stained glass windows. In accordance with Islamic tradition, images are geometrical and abstract rather than featuring depictions of the human form.

#MondayWindow 11 November 2019
Category: Windows Tagged: #MondayWindow, Grand Mosque, Monday Window, Muscat, Stained Glass
Posted on October 3, 2018
For Frank’s theme this week of ‘Go Big’, here is a view of part of the exterior of the Grand Mosque in Muscat, Oman. It’s pretty big inside, too.

Tuesday Photo Challenge: Go Big
Category: Uncategorized Tagged: fpj-photo-challenge, Go Big, Grand Mosque, mosque, Muscat, Oman, Scale