Lights to water

Solar-powered beacons by water sources in the Nafud Desert, north of Hail, for anyone lost there at night.

11beacons
the first lit in autumn 2021
100more
funded between Hail and Jouf
150⁠–⁠1,500m
how deep the desert's wells go

Numbers: Arab News, "Laser beacons light the way in Saudi Arabia's northern Nafud deserts", 7 October 2021. The idea came from explorer Mohammad Fohaid Al-Sohaiman Al-Rammali after several rescues in the area.