The buried city of Dubai, adrift in an endless sandstorm, is in turns alive with brilliant blue skies and yellow sand, and awash in the lurid crimson of the dead.

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Dave Jordan was part of a colorful tradition of concrete riders, outsize characters who understood not only wheel sets and brake pads, but also the way a brilliant racer could be molded by a frantic city, rushing among the yellow cabs and the thrilling slivers between trucks and curbstones.

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Notice the luminescent yellow tip at the end of the cedar waxwing's tail, the brilliant white speckles on the starling's back and chest.

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The bottom is mainly brilliant white sand or greenish grass, but we were searching for the vaguely brown and yellow hues that indicate the rocks and coral where Caribbean spiny lobster (commonly referred to as "bugs" for their insect-like appearance) live.

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Ryan Taylor's brilliant 20-yard strike put the visitors ahead early on but Emmerson Boyce was harshly awarded a second yellow card after half-time.

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