The light and colors were beautiful when I went walking just outside of town tonight between 7 and 8 pm!
I had the whole desert all to myself.
Meitar Forest is always green.
The dry season is beginning and all the green grasses have turned golden.
In the east -- moonrise over Meitar.
And to all a good night.
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Beautiful skies in these shots, Dina.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful scenery, and wide open skies. I love the moonrise over Meitar shot. The topography reminds me a lot of Southern California. I wish I had your night skies - surely you can see the stars there?
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely evening. Sometimes the silence of the evening and stroll are all it takes to put a perfect ending on a day!
ReplyDeleteA lot more greenery and life around there than I'd imagined in the Negev. Thanks for the photos.
ReplyDeleteA quiet peaceful time to walk and think.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful!
ReplyDeleteSara, yes, we see stars. But even with our little community of around 9,000, there is still light pollution. You'd have to walk out into the "desert" to see A LOT of stars. Once for a meteor shower I walked out a bit, alone, but it was kind of scary.
ReplyDeleteInfidel, actually Meitar is in the geographical zone where the southern Hebron Hills meets the northern Negev. Go south just a little and it looks more like the Negev that you imagine.
It is green around Meitar (founded in 1984) because the Keren Kayemet (Jewish National Fund) planted trees all around in limans and also planted the Meitar Forest.