Salt Evaporation Ponds

In The Desert

Swirls

Traces of Water

The Sun Has Risen

It's Dry Here

Canyon Trees

By Design

I shot this at sunrise just outside of Mitzpe Ramon, Israel. Waking up early was well worth it.

The Landmark

This photo was taken just before sunrise in the Negev Desert. It was just dark enough that I was able to get a 13 second exposure.

Clouds in the Desert

This is a newly constructed solar power plant in the Negev Desert of Israel, and I thought it looked like Sauron's tower in Mordor. Thousands of mirrors focus light onto the receiver at the top of the

This monument is located in the Negev, on the outskirts of Be'er Sheba, Israel. It was designed by Dani Karavan, and commemorates actions during the 1948 war.

Light not at the end of the Tunnel

Here's a Bedouin shepherd in the West Bank.

Here's an unrecognized Bedouin settlement just east of Jerusalem known as Jabal Al Baba. The Bedouin are traditionally nomadic desert herdsmen who rely on goats and camels for survival. In Israel, upheavals

In a previous post here I described how the northern boundary of Israel's Negev Desert is defined roughly by the aridity line, where average annual rainfall is 200mm. The Bedouin nomads rely on livestock,

Ghosts of Traffic

The old city of Jerusalem is quite lively by day, but almost deserted by night.