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You might be wondering if this photo was shot on a different planet but in fact it is in Israel (like all these photos), a shot of sinkholes on the shore of the Dead Sea with the cliffs above En Gedi in the background. You can click on the image for a larger view (which may take some time to load depending on your Internet connection). Please share this post with your friends by clicking on the icons at the end of this message.

Dead Sea Sinkholes

The technical details – the photo was taken with a Nikon D90 (digital SLR) camera with a Nikon 18-70mm lens on July 2 (ISO 200, 29mm, F11 at 1/400 sec).

For more information about the Dead Sea check out my post at https://israeltours.wordpress.com/2009/10/28/dead-sea/.
I’ve uploaded a set of sinkhole photographs to Flickr at http://www.flickr.com/photos/27944012@N06/sets/72157621040678204/

Photographs on this website are © Shmuel Browns (unless marked otherwise) – if you are interested in purchasing one of my photos or using one of my photos for your own project please contact me.

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Photo of the Week – Golan

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I’ve posted 4 Photo of the Week articles, a photo from the Red Canyon, Makhtesh HaGadol, Dead Sea and Nahal Og, all from the south of Israel. It’s Sunday again and time for another photo. This week I chose a photo from the north of Israel. You can click on the image for a larger view (which may take some time to load depending on your Internet connection). Included is information about the photo – where it was taken, the technical details of the photo, etc.  Please share this post via email, on Facebook or Twitter by clicking on the icons at the end of this message.

This photo was taken with a Nikon D90 (digital SLR) camera with a Nikon 18-70mm lens over Pesach, a sunny morning on April 21 (ISO 200, 34mm, F4 at 1/3200 sec).

The photo was taken while hiking the Golan trail. For additional photos and a description of our hike check out the blog post at https://israeltours.wordpress.com/2011/05/02/wind-turbines-on-golan-trail/

Photographs on this website are © Shmuel Browns (unless marked otherwise) – if you are interested in purchasing one of my photos or using one of my photos for your own project please contact me.

This week has flown by as we celebrated our daughter Tiferet’s wedding to Boaz last Sunday and enjoyed the time with friends and family. So it’s Sunday and time for this week’s photo. I chose a place in the Judean desert, less than a half hour from Jerusalem on the way to the Dead Sea, a great place to hike. You can click on the image for a larger view (which may take some time to load depending on your Internet connection). Included is information about the photo – where it was taken, the technical details of the photo, etc.  Please share this post via email, on Facebook or Twitter by clicking on the icons at the end of this message.

This photo was taken with a Nikon D90 (digital SLR) camera with a Nikon 18-70mm lens in the early afternoon of November 27th,  (ISO 400, 18mm, F9 at 1/125 sec).

The photo was taken while hiking Nahal Og. For additional photos and a description of our hike check out the blog post at https://israeltours.wordpress.com/2011/11/28/hiking-nahal-og/

Photographs on this website are © Shmuel Browns (unless marked otherwise) – if you are interested in purchasing one of my photos or using one of my photos for your own project please contact me.

It’s Sunday so here is this week’s photo from one of the unique places in Israel. You can click on the image for a larger view (which may take some time to load depending on your Internet connection). Included is information about the photo – where it was taken, the technical details of the photo, etc.  Please share this post via email, on Facebook or Twitter by clicking on the icons at the end of this message.

Sea, Salt and Sky, Dead Sea

This photo was taken with a Nikon D90 (digital SLR) camera with a Nikon 18-70mm lens in the afternoon of November 27th,  (ISO 250, 18mm, F10 at 1/250 sec).

The photo is at the Dead Sea near Nahal Qedem when we went to find the hot springs.

Photographs on this website are © Shmuel Browns (unless marked otherwise) – if you are interested in purchasing one of my photos or using one of my photos for your own project please contact me.

It’s Sunday so I am posting another photo that I’ve taken somewhere in Israel. You can click on the image for a larger view (which may take some time to load depending on your Internet connection). I write something about the photo – where it was taken, the technical details of the photo, etc. If I don’t tell you where the photo was taken, I’m asking you to guess and add the location of the photo as a comment (in the end I’ll tell you). Please share this post via email, on Facebook or Twitter by clicking on the icons at the end of this message.

This photo was taken with a Nikon E4300 camera just after noon on January 3rd,  (ISO 100, 8mm, F7.6 at 1/219 sec).

Where was this photo taken? What is the subject of the landscape?

Photographs on this website are © Shmuel Browns (unless marked otherwise) – if you are interested in purchasing one of my photos or using one of my photos for your own project please contact me.

Dead Sea Shrinking

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Dead Sea Shrinking (1972, 1989, 2011)

The Dead Sea is less than an hour drive from Jerusalem so it’s an area that I guide often. I always point out the two black lines on the rocks to the right of the highway across from Ein Feshka, the levels of the sea as recorded by the Palestine Exploration Fund in the 1920s and explain that the Dead Sea is shrinking by a meter a year. I usually get asked how the Dead Sea has changed over time. These satellite photographs from Nasa’s Earth Observatory website show it clearly.

The false-color images above were captured by the Landsat 1, 4, and 7 satellites on September 15, 1972, August 27, 1989 and October 11, 2011.
All three images include a combination of near-infrared, red, and green wavelengths. Deep waters are blue or dark blue, while brighter blues indicate shallow waters or salt ponds (in the south). The pale pink and sand-colored regions are barren desert landscapes, while green indicates sparsely vegetated lands. Denser vegetation appears bright red. Near the center is the Lisan Peninsula, which forms a land bridge through the Dead Sea.

For more information about the Dead Sea check out my blog post here.