Negev
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Group of touring SUV’s take time out for refreshment and a little shade
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A lone acacia tree in a field. Taken in Israel, in a field behind Kibbuttz Magen, in the western Negev area. / Image was processed through a single raw file in an HDR technique. 2nd place: I am a town challenge @ PostCard Style group
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A view of Nachal Tzin in the Negev desert (the Tzin river, canyon wadi) as seen from David Ben Gurion tomb in kibbutz Sde Boker, Israel. / / Nahal Zin is 75 miles (120 km) long and drains 600 sq. miles (1550 sq. km). It is the largest wadi that begins in the Negev. The Nahal Zin was created by reverse erosion as the great height difference between the Negev Highlands and the Jordan Rift caused the underlayers to erode during the rainy season, resulting in the collapse of the harder strata of rock above. The landscape is mostly Eocene limestone, consisting of some brown-black layers of low-grade flint. The flint slows down the erosion of the limestone. / The Negev occupies 60 % of the land surface area of Israel and yet it is the least densely populated. Delineated as being south of Be’er Sheva and Dimona, it is mainly a stone and sand desert with sparse vegetation. However, following periods of heavy rain during the winter and early spring, the desert is transformed into a colourful carpet of flowers. / Sde Boker (Hebrew: שדה בוקר, lit. Cowboy’s Field, sometimes spelt Sede Boqer or some combination of the two) is an Israeli kibbutz in the Negev, in the South District of Israel, founded on May 15, 1952. It is part of the Ramat HaNegev Regional Council. / From 1963, it was the dwelling place of the first Prime Minister of Israel David Ben Gurion until his passing in 1973, when he was buried nearby at Midreshet Ben-Gurion aside his wife Paula Ben-Gurion. Ben-Gurion had a vision of cultivating the arid Negev desert and building up its surrounding towns such as Yeruham and Dimona. He believed that eventually the Negev would be home to many Jews who would move to Israel after having made aliyah, and he felt that Sde-Boker was a trailblazer and example for what should follow. / Sede Boqer is perhaps one of the most beautiful landscapes in the Negev. This oasis is situated on the loess plain overlooking the deep gorge of Nahal Zin. The area is especially good for raptors such as breeding Long-legged Buzzard, Bonelli’s Eagle, Lanner and Barbary Falcons. A feeding station at the eastern edge of the Zin Plain is maintained by the INRP A with the purpose of supplying supplementary food to the breeding Griffon and Egyptian Vultures and sometimes in winter, Black Vulture. On the ledges of towering cliffs, Sooty Falcons breed from mid-May until early October. The gorges also host breeding Desert Eagle Owl and Alpine Swifts, and in some winters, Sinai Rosefinch and Wallcreeper. / Image is an HDR process from a single RAW file *
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Wheat field in the western Negev desert in Israel *
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My son on a tractor platform is watching a light aircraft flying above. Image was taken in Moshav Yesha in the Negev desert in Israel. I took my kids on my last visit to my family, to a tour in the fields and snapped this image of my son gazing at this Cesna passing by. Somehow this image stir back my own dream, since I was a kid, to be able to fly a plane (not yet…) / An HDR process from a single raw file. * /
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Photos taken in Jo Alon’s Center, Negev, South of Israel.At the museum of bedouin’s Clture. Hand Weaved rugs, that was done by bedouin women. Surely these women work so hard, in a very primitive way to achieve this BEAUTY of folklorist weaves.They work so hard to support their family and bring the bread home. Sometimes in difficult weather climate, in their temporary homes. ~~~~~~~~~~~ Copyrights© Nira Dabush & Bedouins women
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Photos taken at the Jo Alon’s center, Negev, South of Israel- the museum for Bedouin’S culture. Photo shows the bedouin women as a weaver.Copyrights© Nira Dabush & Bedouins
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The image was taken at the Ramon crater in a place called the prism because the rocks there looks like prisms. Ramon Crater (Hebrew Makhtesh Ramon) is a spectacular geological feature of Israel’s Negev desert. Located at the peak of Mount Negev, some 85 km south of the city of Beersheba, the landform is not actually an impact crater from a meteor, but rather is the world’s largest erosion cirque or makhtesh. The crater is 40 km long and 2-10 km wide, and is shaped like an elongated heart. Today the crater forms part of the Ramon Nature Reserve, which includes the surrounding mountains. The only settlement in the area is the small town of Mitzpe Ramon ( “Ramon Observation Point”) located on the northern edge of the crater. Today the crater and surrounding area forms Israel’s largest national park, the Ramon Nature Reserve. The name Ramon comes from the Arabic word Ruman (“Romans”), and is probably linked to an ancient trading route once used by the Roman Empire which passed through the crater. There are two other major makhteshim found in the Negev, Makhtesh Gadol (big) and Makhtesh Qatan (small) both of which were chartered before the largest, Ramon Crater. Hundreds of millions of years ago, the Negev desert was covered by an ocean. Slowly, this started to recede northwards leaving behind a hump-shaped hill. The hump was slowly flattened by water and climatic forces. Approximately five million years ago), the Arava Rift Valley was formed, with rivers changing their courses, carving out the inside of the crater which was a softer rock than that overlying. The crater bottom continued to deepen at a much faster rate than the surrounding walls, which gradually increased in height. As the crater deepened, more layers of ancient rock were exposed with rocks at the bottom of the crater being up to 200 million years old. Today, the crater is 500m deep with the deepest point being Ein Saharonim (Saharonim Spring) which also contains the makhtesh’s only natural water source which sustain much of the wildlife in the makhtesh including onagers and ibex. Makhtesh Ramon contains a diversity of rocks including clay hills known for their fantastic red and yellow colors and forms. Impressive mountains rise at the borders of the crater – Har Ramon (Mt. Ramon) at the southern end, Har Ardon (Mt. Ardon) at the north-eastern end, and two table mountains – Har Marpek (Mt. Marpek – “Elbow”), and Har Katum (Mt. Katum – “Chopped”) along the southern wall. The hills to the north-eastern edge of the makhtesh were once entirely covered by spiral ammonite fossils, ranging from the size of snails to of tractor wheels although these have mainly been extracted so only smaller fossils can be found here today. Giv’at Ga’ash, a black hill in the north of the makhtesh was once an active volcano which erupted thousands of years ago and caused it to be covered in lava which quickly cooled in the open air, converting it into basalt. Limestone covered by basalt can also be found in smaller black hills in the southern part of the makhtesh, including Karnei Ramon. Shen Ramon (Ramon’s Tooth) is a rock made of magma which hardened whilst underground. It later rose up through cracks in the earth’s surface, and today stands in striking contrast with the nearby creamy coloured southern wall of the crater, as a black sharp-edged rock. In the centre of the makhtesh is Ha-Minsara (The Carpentry Shop), a low hill made up of black prismatic rocks, and interestingly, the rectangular pipes on the side of the hill are made of the same sort of sand found on beaches. As such, this is the only place in the world where prisms made of heated sand turned into liquid which, in cooling naturally formed rectangular and hexagonal prisms, can be seen. These prisms lost no space in the middle during formation.
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The image was taken at the Ramon crater in a place called the prism because the rocks there looks like prisms. / Ramon Crater (Hebrew Makhtesh Ramon) is a spectacular geological feature of Israel’s Negev desert. Located at the peak of Mount Negev, some 85 km south of the city of Beersheba, the landform is not actually an impact crater from a meteor, but rather is the world’s largest erosion cirque or makhtesh. The crater is 40 km long and 2-10 km wide, and is shaped like an elongated heart. Today the crater forms part of the Ramon Nature Reserve, which includes the surrounding mountains. The only settlement in the area is the small town of Mitzpe Ramon ( “Ramon Observation Point”) located on the northern edge of the crater. Today the crater and surrounding area forms Israel’s largest national park, the Ramon Nature Reserve. / The name Ramon comes from the Arabic word Ruman (“Romans”), and is probably linked to an ancient trading route once used by the Roman Empire which passed through the crater. There are two other major makhteshim found in the Negev, Makhtesh Gadol (big) and Makhtesh Qatan (small) both of which were chartered before the largest, Ramon Crater. / Hundreds of millions of years ago, the Negev desert was covered by an ocean. Slowly, this started to recede northwards leaving behind a hump-shaped hill. The hump was slowly flattened by water and climatic forces. Approximately five million years ago), the Arava Rift Valley was formed, with rivers changing their courses, carving out the inside of the crater which was a softer rock than that overlying. The crater bottom continued to deepen at a much faster rate than the surrounding walls, which gradually increased in height. As the crater deepened, more layers of ancient rock were exposed with rocks at the bottom of the crater being up to 200 million years old. Today, the crater is 500m deep with the deepest point being Ein Saharonim (Saharonim Spring) which also contains the makhtesh’s only natural water source which sustain much of the wildlife in the makhtesh including onagers and ibex. / Makhtesh Ramon contains a diversity of rocks including clay hills known for their fantastic red and yellow colors and forms. Impressive mountains rise at the borders of the crater – Har Ramon (Mt. Ramon) at the southern end, Har Ardon (Mt. Ardon) at the north-eastern end, and two table mountains – Har Marpek (Mt. Marpek – “Elbow”), and Har Katum (Mt. Katum – “Chopped”) along the southern wall. The hills to the north-eastern edge of the makhtesh were once entirely covered by spiral ammonite fossils, ranging from the size of snails to of tractor wheels although these have mainly been extracted so only smaller fossils can be found here today. / Giv’at Ga’ash, a black hill in the north of the makhtesh was once an active volcano which erupted thousands of years ago and caused it to be covered in lava which quickly cooled in the open air, converting it into basalt. Limestone covered by basalt can also be found in smaller black hills in the southern part of the makhtesh, including Karnei Ramon. / Shen Ramon (Ramon’s Tooth) is a rock made of magma which hardened whilst underground. It later rose up through cracks in the earth’s surface, and today stands in striking contrast with the nearby creamy coloured southern wall of the crater, as a black sharp-edged rock. / In the centre of the makhtesh is Ha-Minsara (The Carpentry Shop), a low hill made up of black prismatic rocks, and interestingly, the rectangular pipes on the side of the hill are made of the same sort of sand found on beaches. As such, this is the only place in the world where prisms made of heated sand turned into liquid which, in cooling naturally formed rectangular and hexagonal prisms, can be seen. These prisms lost no space in the middle during formation.
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The image was taken at the Ramon crater in a place called Ardon Wadi. Ramon Crater (Hebrew Makhtesh Ramon) is a spectacular geological feature of Israel’s Negev desert. Located at the peak of Mount Negev, some 85 km south of the city of Beersheba, the landform is not actually an impact crater from a meteor, but rather is the world’s largest erosion cirque or makhtesh. The crater is 40 km long and 2-10 km wide, and is shaped like an elongated heart. Today the crater forms part of the Ramon Nature Reserve, which includes the surrounding mountains. The only settlement in the area is the small town of Mitzpe Ramon ( “Ramon Observation Point”) located on the northern edge of the crater. Today the crater and surrounding area forms Israel’s largest national park, the Ramon Nature Reserve. The name Ramon comes from the Arabic word Ruman (“Romans”), and is probably linked to an ancient trading route once used by the Roman Empire which passed through the crater. There are two other major makhteshim found in the Negev, Makhtesh Gadol (big) and Makhtesh Qatan (small) both of which were chartered before the largest, Ramon Crater. Hundreds of millions of years ago, the Negev desert was covered by an ocean. Slowly, this started to recede northwards leaving behind a hump-shaped hill. The hump was slowly flattened by water and climatic forces. Approximately five million years ago), the Arava Rift Valley was formed, with rivers changing their courses, carving out the inside of the crater which was a softer rock than that overlying. The crater bottom continued to deepen at a much faster rate than the surrounding walls, which gradually increased in height. As the crater deepened, more layers of ancient rock were exposed with rocks at the bottom of the crater being up to 200 million years old. Today, the crater is 500m deep with the deepest point being Ein Saharonim (Saharonim Spring) which also contains the makhtesh’s only natural water source which sustain much of the wildlife in the makhtesh including onagers and ibex. Makhtesh Ramon contains a diversity of rocks including clay hills known for their fantastic red and yellow colors and forms. Impressive mountains rise at the borders of the crater – Har Ramon (Mt. Ramon) at the southern end, Har Ardon (Mt. Ardon) at the north-eastern end, and two table mountains – Har Marpek (Mt. Marpek – “Elbow”), and Har Katum (Mt. Katum – “Chopped”) along the southern wall. The hills to the north-eastern edge of the makhtesh were once entirely covered by spiral ammonite fossils, ranging from the size of snails to of tractor wheels although these have mainly been extracted so only smaller fossils can be found here today. Giv’at Ga’ash, a black hill in the north of the makhtesh was once an active volcano which erupted thousands of years ago and caused it to be covered in lava which quickly cooled in the open air, converting it into basalt. Limestone covered by basalt can also be found in smaller black hills in the southern part of the makhtesh, including Karnei Ramon. Shen Ramon (Ramon’s Tooth) is a rock made of magma which hardened whilst underground. It later rose up through cracks in the earth’s surface, and today stands in striking contrast with the nearby creamy coloured southern wall of the crater, as a black sharp-edged rock. In the centre of the makhtesh is Ha-Minsara (The Carpentry Shop), a low hill made up of black prismatic rocks, and interestingly, the rectangular pipes on the side of the hill are made of the same sort of sand found on beaches. As such, this is the only place in the world where prisms made of heated sand turned into liquid which, in cooling naturally formed rectangular and hexagonal prisms, can be seen. These prisms lost no space in the middle during formation.
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The image was taken in Mizpe Ramon Israel at the Crater promenade. / These 2 girls were playing on the edge of the cliff with no fear. / Mitzpe Ramon (lit. Ramon Lookout) is a town in the Negev desert of southern Israel. It is situated on the northern ridge at an elevation of 2,400 feet (800m.) overlooking an enormous erosion cirque known as the Ramon Crater. This crater, or makhtesh, as it is called in Hebrew (a term also used by geologists around the world) is 28 miles long and five miles wide. It is a formation unique to Israel and the Sinai. / In 2007, Mitzpe Ramon had a population of 5,500. / Mitzpe Ramon was originally founded in 1951 as a camp for the workers building the road to Eilat. The town’s first permanent residents, immigrants from North Africa and Romania, settled there in the 1960s, and it became the southernmost of the Negev’s development towns. Mitzpe Ramon remains small and struggling, with one of the highest unemployment rates in the country. One of the original opportunities for founding a town in this location was to take advantage of traffic on Route 40 traveling to and returning from Eilat in the south, a few nearby military bases and some chalk quarries. Several large military bases (with over 10,000 soldiers altogether) surround the town, including the large Ramon Airbase. The Wise Astronomy Observatory is located 5 km to the east. The development of Mitzpe Ramon was adversely affected by the opening of Route 90 in the late 1960s. After the inauguration of this highway, traffic to and from Eilat bypassed Mitzpe Ramon almost entirely. However, growing interest in ecotourism, jeep trekking and hiking, and the upgrading of Route 40, which is considered a more scenic route to Eilat, have improved matters since the mid-1990s. A hotel opened in Mitzpe Ramon in the late-1990s which has an indoor swimming pool. There is a Visitors Centre overlooking the Ramon Crater and the fit can walk down into the crater for a 4 to 5 hour treck without any shade. There is a llama and alpaca farm and other attractions. Due to the desert climate, Mitzpe Ramon experiences very hot summers and cold winters.
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An Alpaca is investigating my son at the Alpaca and llama ranch in Mitzpe Rimon, Israel —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-- / —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—--
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The image was taken in Mizpe Ramon Israel. / Ibex is the most common wild animal in the Negev desert. / They don’t afraid from people and climb up the cliff in search for food and water.
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The image was taken in Mizpe Ramon Israel at the Ramon crater edge.
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The image was taken in Mizpe Ramon Israel.
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The image was taken in Mizpe Ramon Israel.
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Ein Avdat canyon, Israel
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Ein Avdat canyon, Israel
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The Negev Desert, Israel.
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Ein Gedi, Israel. / A refreshing interlude in the middle of the Negev Desert.
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a collection of images from israel containing people, activities, landscape and citiscapea
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A flock of sparrows takes off towards the sunset sky. Moshav Ysha, western Negev, Israel Top Ten:Two or More Birds / challenge @ A Vision Of Flight Photography group Sep. 09 / —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-- / —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-- I will donate 50% of all proceeds from the sale of this image and the ones below to the American Bird Conservancy Consider these images as companions! / And the T-Shirt below
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In the west Negev desert (Israel), near ‘Beit Kama’ where the eye can see for many miles, there is a lonely old tree. A birded framer tied a rope and a pipe to that tree to make a swing, and creating an oasis for the desert walkers.
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