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October 26, 2005
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Near Lekhwair oil fields, Oman
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1981
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Thomas J. Abercrombie
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When Oman's oil runs out and natural-gas flares no longer cast an eerie midnight glow on the dunes near the Lekhwair oil fields, the government hopes that farming, fishing, and mining industries will be strong enough to sustain Oman's economic progress.
(Text adapted from and photograph published in "Oman: Guardian of the Gulf," September 1981, National Geographic magazine
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