AustinHill's PhotoBlog

Monastery at Petra

2008-08-17T13:45:07Z

Very standard kind of shot, but still...

Staircase at Petra

2008-08-05T20:22:11Z

This beautiful staircase climbed the side of a small cliff to a an overlook of the main valley. Originally cut by the nabateans, it has been recently refurbished/reconstructed by the park.

Steps leading to the sacrificial high place...

2008-08-01T15:39:56Z

These steps, leading from a series of tombs in the valley to an overlook probably used for animal sacrifice, is typical of the rock cut staircases found all over petra.

Entrance to Petra...

2008-07-31T21:16:43Z

The classic shot of Petra. Hard to resist the Indy moment.

Excavations at Yiftahel

2008-07-21T20:29:43Z

Tranquility and Open Sewage

2008-07-17T20:29:40Z

This is an open sewage line, south of Tiberias, which bypasses the sea of Galilee. It also drains a salt water source which would otherwise feed into the galilee and make it much more saline. The local authority intends to split these two water sources and build a second water channel right next to this one. I was here visiting a salvage excavation to investigate a Natufian (c. 11,500 BP) site that may be destroyed by the new waterway.

Leopard

2008-07-09T20:22:17Z

The leopard was an indigenous species in the Levant until relatively recently. This one, however, is at the Jerusalem zoo. It also appears to have had a forepaw amputated.

Bubo Bubo

2008-07-08T21:00:56Z

The Eagle Owl, a native species in Israel.

Old Fence - Forest Overlook Near Ramot

2008-07-07T16:10:41Z

Brush Fire in Ramot

2008-07-06T19:37:50Z

This is the local fire department handling a brush fire that started tonight near where I am staying in Ramot.