A view from the sea toward the coastal settlement of Al-Qusayr (القصير), showing low-rise concrete residential buildings built directly on a sandy shoreline along Egypt's Red Sea coast. Rooftop water tanks and sparse vegetation are visible among the structures, with the arid Eastern Desert mountain range rising in the background. Al-Qusayr is one of Egypt's oldest Red Sea ports, historically significant as a trade and pilgrimage route, and later known for its phosphate mining industry.