Gavin Hellier / Timelapse of the sun setting behind the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, December 2017. Hellier

Gavin Hellier / Sun setting behind the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, December 2017. Hellier

Gavin Hellier / Sun setting behind the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, December 2017. Hellier

Gavin Hellier / View of Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque at night, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, December 2017. Hellier

Gavin Hellier / Panning shot from behind a pillar to reveal a woman walking towards Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, December 2017. Hellier

Gavin Hellier / Panning shot from behind a pillar to reveal Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, December 2017. Hellier

Gavin Hellier / Panning track shot across the courtyard of the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, December 2017. Hellier

Steve O. Taylor (GHF) / 13th century Grand Mosque, built of clay, Agadez, Niger, 2004.

Steve O. Taylor (GHF) / 13th century Grand Mosque built of clay, Agadez, Niger, 2004.

Steve O. Taylor (GHF) / Aerial view from the Grand Mosque minaret, Agadez, Niger, 2004.

Steve O. Taylor (GHF) / 13th century Grand Mosque, built of clay, Agadez, Niger, 2004.

Gavin Hellier / Minaret of the Grand Mosque iluminated at dusk, Doha, Qatar, Arabian Peninsula 2007

Gavin Hellier / Elaborate wall detail inside the Sultan Qaboos Hall, Al-Ghubrah or Grand Mosque, Muscat, Oman 2007

Gavin Hellier / Persian carpet inside the Sultan Qaboos Hall, Al-Ghubrah or Grand Mosque, the carpet measures 70m by 60m making it the largest carpet in the world, it took 400 women four years to weave, Muscat, Oman...

Gavin Hellier / Al-Ghubrah or Grand Mosque, Muscat, Oman, Middle East 2007

Tim Laman / Mahakam River and the Grand Mosque of Samarinda at sunset. Samirinda, Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia.