![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/125/jpeg/01t.jpg) Big Crater (Makhtesh Gadol) in Negev Desert. The Middle East, March 11, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/125/jpeg/09t.jpg) A.S. in Big Crater (Makhtesh Gadol) in Negev Desert. The Middle East, March 11, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/125/jpeg/06t.jpg) Dry creek in Big Crater (Makhtesh Gadol) in Negev Desert. The Middle East, March 11, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/125/jpeg/03t.jpg) Multicolor sands in Big Crater (Makhtesh Gadol) in Negev Desert. The Middle East, March 11, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/125/jpeg/04t.jpg) Multicolor hills in Big Crater (Makhtesh Gadol) in Negev Desert. The Middle East, March 11, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/125/jpeg/08t.jpg) Multicolor hills in Big Crater (Makhtesh Gadol) in Negev Desert. The Middle East, March 11, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/125/jpeg/02t.jpg) Multicolor sands in Big Crater (Makhtesh Gadol) in Negev Desert. The Middle East, March 11, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/165/jpeg/00t.jpg) Big Crater (Makhtesh Gadol), dry river and multicolored sands behind picnic tables. The Middle East, December 23, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/164/jpeg/34t.jpg) Big Crater (Makhtesh Gadol), multicolored sands behind picnic tables. The Middle East, December 23, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/165/jpeg/02t.jpg) Big Crater (Makhtesh Gadol), multicolored sands behind picnic tables. The Middle East, December 23, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/165/jpeg/05t.jpg) Big Crater (Makhtesh Gadol), multicolored sands behind picnic tables. The Middle East, December 23, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/164/jpeg/26t.jpg) Big Crater (Makhtesh Gadol), multicolored sands behind picnic tables. The Middle East, December 23, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/164/jpeg/27t.jpg) Big Crater (Makhtesh Gadol), multicolored sands behind picnic tables. The Middle East, December 23, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/164/jpeg/29t.jpg) Big Crater (Makhtesh Gadol), multicolored sands behind picnic tables. The Middle East, December 23, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/164/jpeg/32t.jpg) Big Crater (Makhtesh Gadol), multicolored sands behind picnic tables. The Middle East, December 23, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/164/jpeg/36t.jpg) Big Crater (Makhtesh Gadol), multicolored sands behind picnic tables. The Middle East, December 23, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/165/jpeg/04t.jpg) Big Crater (Makhtesh Gadol), with an entrance road and picnic place on background. The Middle East, December 23, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/165/jpeg/01t.jpg) Big Crater (Makhtesh Gadol), black stones and multicolored sands behind picnic tables. The Middle East, December 23, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/165/jpeg/03t.jpg) Big Crater (Makhtesh Gadol), black rocks and multicolored sands behind picnic tables. The Middle East, December 23, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/164/jpeg/35t.jpg) Big Crater (Makhtesh Gadol), multicolored sands behind picnic tables, with eastern wall on background. The Middle East, December 23, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/165/jpeg/20t.jpg) View of Big Crater (Makhtesh Gadol) from Avnon observation point near Yeroham, with smoke from Zin - Arava Plant at background. The Middle East, December 23, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/165/jpeg/18t.jpg) View of Big Crater (Makhtesh Gadol) from Avnon observation point near Yeroham, with smoke from Zin - Arava Plant at background. The Middle East, December 23, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2002/262/jpeg/28t.jpg) Makhtesh Gadol (Big Crater), view from Road 225. The Middle East, March 23, 2002
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2001/191/jpeg/30t.jpg) Negev Desert south from Ramon crater, near Paran River (?), view from a bus on Road 40 to Eilat. The Middle East, March 22, 2001
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2001/191/jpeg/31t.jpg) Negev Desert south from Ramon crater, near Paran River (?), view from a bus on Road 40 to Eilat. The Middle East, March 22, 2001
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2001/191/jpeg/32t.jpg) Negev Desert south from Ramon crater, near Paran River (?), view from a bus on Road 40 to Eilat. The Middle East, March 22, 2001
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2001/191/jpeg/29t.jpg) Negev Desert south from Ramon crater, near Paran River (?), view from a bus on Road 40 to Eilat. The Middle East, March 22, 2001
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2001/191/jpeg/37t.jpg) Negev Desert south from Ramon crater, near Har Shizzafon (?), view from a bus on Road 40 to Eilat. The Middle East, March 22, 2001
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/124/jpeg/17t.jpg) Negev Desert south from Dimona. The Middle East, March 11, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/164/jpeg/18t.jpg) Small Crater (Makhtesh Katan), view from Mitzpe Hamakhtesh. The Middle East, December 23, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/164/jpeg/17t.jpg) Small Crater (Makhtesh Katan), view from Mitzpe Hamakhtesh. The Middle East, December 23, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/124/jpeg/18t.jpg) Railroad through Negev Desert south from Dimona. The Middle East, March 11, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/124/jpeg/24t.jpg) Ein Yorkeam spring in Negev Desert south from Dimona. The Middle East, March 11, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/125/jpeg/16t.jpg) Negev Desert on hills opposite to Golda Meir Park. The Middle East, March 11, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/125/jpeg/19t.jpg) Negev Desert on hills opposite to Golda Meir Park. The Middle East, March 11, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/124/jpeg/21t.jpg) A waterfall of Ein Yorkeam spring in Negev Desert south from Dimona. The Middle East, March 11, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/124/jpeg/22t.jpg) Dry riverbed near Ein Yorkeam spring in Negev Desert south from Dimona. The Middle East, March 11, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/125/jpeg/18t.jpg) View of Golda Meir Park from hills. Negev Desert, The Middle East, March 11, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/125/jpeg/17t.jpg) A hill opposite to Golda Meir Park in Negev Desert. The Middle East, March 11, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/124/jpeg/08t.jpg) A rough mushroom popping in Negev Desert in northern Beer-Sheva. The Middle East, March 4, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/124/jpeg/25t.jpg) View from the bottom of Ein Yorkeam spring in Negev Desert south from Dimona. The Middle East, March 11, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/124/jpeg/16t.jpg) Fallen Bedouin cow in Negev Desert in north-eastern Beer-Sheva. The Middle East, March 10, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/141/jpeg/27t.jpg) A parched garden in Negev Desert opposite to northern railway station (the desert is as arid as ever despite D. Ben Gurion s vision). Beer-Sheva, the Middle East, May 19, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/140/jpeg/02t.jpg) Ein Avdat canyon in Negev Desert. The Middle East, May 10, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/144/jpeg/16t.jpg) A bronze likeness of a Zionist leader D. Ben Gurion powdered by dust from the Negev Desert in front of the library of Ben Gurion University of the Negev. Beer-Sheva, the Middle East, July 15, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/131/jpeg/15t.jpg) Negev Desert 1-2 miles north-east from Beer-Sheva. The Middle East, April 14, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/131/jpeg/14t.jpg) Negev Desert 1-2 miles north-east from Beer-Sheva. The Middle East, April 14, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/160/jpeg/37t.jpg) Beetles collected in Negev Desert. The Middle East, November 30, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/140/jpeg/04t.jpg) A pool in Ein Avdat canyon in Negev Desert. The Middle East, May 10, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/131/jpeg/13t.jpg) Poppies in Negev Desert 1-2 miles north-east from Beer-Sheva. The Middle East, April 14, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/131/jpeg/16t.jpg) Dwarf iris in Negev Desert 1-2 miles north-east from Beer-Sheva. The Middle East, April 14, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2001/191/jpeg/26t.jpg) A hill in Makhtesh Ramon crater, view from a bus on Road 40 to Eilat. The Middle East, March 22, 2001
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/140/jpeg/16t.jpg) Canyon of Horim Creek near Sede Boqer in Negev Desert. The Middle East, May 10, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/140/jpeg/17t.jpg) Canyon of Horim Creek near Sede Boqer in Negev Desert. The Middle East, May 10, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/140/jpeg/18t.jpg) Canyon of Horim Creek near Sede Boqer in Negev Desert. The Middle East, May 10, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/140/jpeg/19t.jpg) Canyon of Horim Creek near Sede Boqer in Negev Desert. The Middle East, May 10, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/131/jpeg/20t.jpg) A country road to Bedouin settlements in Negev Desert 1-2 miles north-east from Beer-Sheva. The Middle East, April 14, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/162/jpeg/08t.jpg) Hills in Negev Desert 2 miles north from Beer-Sheva. The Middle East, December 16, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/158/jpeg/15t.jpg) Blooming plants in Negev Desert in northern Beer-Sheva. The Middle East, October 28, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/158/jpeg/36t.jpg) After rain in Negev Desert 1 mile north from Beer-Sheva. The Middle East, November 11, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/162/jpeg/33t.jpg) A new road through Negev Desert, 1.5 miles north from Beer-Sheva. The Middle East, December 16, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2001/191/jpeg/27t.jpg) Hills in southern edge of Makhtesh Ramon crater, view from a bus on Road 40 to Eilat. The Middle East, March 22, 2001
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/158/jpeg/34t.jpg) Pine forest in Negev Desert 1 mile north from Beer-Sheva. The Middle East, November 11, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/162/jpeg/06t.jpg) A hill in Negev Desert near Ramot neighborhood in northern Beer-Sheva. The Middle East, December 16, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/158/jpeg/37t.jpg) New road through chalkstone of Negev Desert 1 mile north from Beer-Sheva. The Middle East, November 11, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/162/jpeg/31t.jpg) Bedouin villages in Negev Desert, 2 miles north from Beer-Sheva. The Middle East, December 16, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/162/jpeg/34t.jpg) Hills with planted pines in Negev Desert, 1.5 miles north from Beer-Sheva. The Middle East, December 16, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/162/jpeg/26t.jpg) Negev Desert near N. Lahav Nature Reserve, 4 miles north from Beer-Sheva. The Middle East, December 16, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/134/jpeg/13t.jpg) A donkey (?) bone in Negev Desert, west from road to Tel Aviv. Beer-Sheva, the Middle East, April 21, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2001/205/jpeg/01t.jpg) View of the Negev Desert to the west along Nahal Nekarot River, 6 miles south-east from Mitzpe Ramon. The Middle East, May 3, 2001
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/164/jpeg/09t.jpg) Remains of ancient Nabataean city Mamshit in Negev Desert near Dimona, an area that is not yet excavated. The Middle East, December 23, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/139/jpeg/15t.jpg) Decayed Israeli (?) flag over BGU soccer field, Palmach Memorial is seen behind, in Negev Desert. Beer-Sheva, the Middle East, May 7, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/164/jpeg/02t.jpg) Remains of ancient Nabataean city Mamshit in Negev Desert near Dimona, view o dams. The Middle East, December 23, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/164/jpeg/00t.jpg) Remains of ancient Nabatean city Mamshit in Negev Desert near Dimona, one of rooms in the House of the Affluent . The Middle East, December 23, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/124/jpeg/07t.jpg) A mushroom in Negev Desert 1 mile north-east from BGU. Beer-Sheva, March 4, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/164/jpeg/07t.jpg) Remains of ancient Nabataean city Mamshit in Negev Desert near Dimona. The Western Church with a mosaic floor. The Middle East, December 23, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/134/jpeg/12t.jpg) Bunches of barbed wire in Negev Desert in northern Beer-Sheva, west from the road to Tel Aviv (probably around a military installation). The Middle East, April 21, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/164/jpeg/05t.jpg) Remains of ancient Nabataean city Mamshit in Negev Desert near Dimona, view of the House of Affluent from an observation tower. The Middle East, December 23, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/140/jpeg/33t.jpg) Dimona Nuclear plant in Negev Desert, the center of Israel s nuclear weapons program. The Middle East, May 13, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2001/232/jpeg/04t.jpg) Erosion of rocks in Makhtesh Ramon (crater). The Middle East, October 18, 2001
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/137/jpeg/14t.jpg) Nuclear Research Center in Negev Desert near Dimona (Israeli nuclear bomb factory). The Middle East, April 26, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/164/jpeg/11t.jpg) Remains of ancient Nabataean city Mamshit in Negev Desert near Dimona, view of the Mamshit stream. The Middle East, December 23, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/164/jpeg/06t.jpg) Remains of ancient Nabataean city Mamshit in Negev Desert near Dimona, view to the south from an observation tower, with the Western Church on background. The Middle East, December 23, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2001/231/jpeg/37t.jpg) Makhtesh Ramon (crater) below Hanegev Field Station. The Middle East, October 18, 2001
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2001/232/jpeg/01t.jpg) Makhtesh Ramon (crater) below Hanegev Field Station. The Middle East, October 18, 2001
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2001/204/jpeg/33t.jpg) Desert plants near Nahal Nekarot River at southern side of Ramon Crater, 6 miles south-east from Mitzpe Ramon. The Middle East, May 3, 2001
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2001/187/jpeg/33t.jpg) Negev Desert near Nahal Revivim behind Yeroham reservoir. The Middle East, March 8, 2001
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2001/232/jpeg/08t.jpg) Bottom of Makhtesh Ramon (crater). Visitor Center is perched on the top of the cliff to the left. The Middle East, October 18, 2001
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2001/232/jpeg/03t.jpg) A creek with basalt rocks in Makhtesh Ramon (crater) below Hanegev Field Station. The Middle East, October 18, 2001
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2002/258/jpeg/01t.jpg) Dimona Nuclear plant in Negev Desert, view from Road 227. The Middle East, March 2, 2002
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2001/186/jpeg/01t.jpg) A tulip in Negev Desert, on a mountain ridge behind Yeroham reservoir. The Middle East, March 8, 2001
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2001/186/jpeg/34t.jpg) A tulip in Negev Desert, on a mountain ridge behind Yeroham reservoir. The Middle East, March 8, 2001
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2001/185/jpeg/37t.jpg) A tulip in Negev Desert, on a mountain ridge behind Yeroham reservoir. The Middle East, March 8, 2001
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2001/232/jpeg/06t.jpg) Basalt prisms in Makhtesh Ramon (crater). Visitor Center is perched on the top of the cliff to the left. The Middle East, October 18, 2001
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2001/186/jpeg/00t.jpg) Spring flowers in Negev Desert, on a mountain ridge behind Yeroham reservoir. The Middle East, March 8, 2001
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2001/186/jpeg/02t.jpg) Spring flowers in Negev Desert, on a mountain ridge behind Yeroham reservoir. The Middle East, March 8, 2001
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2001/186/jpeg/17t.jpg) A thorny plant in Negev Desert, on a mountain ridge behind Yeroham reservoir. The Middle East, March 8, 2001
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2001/186/jpeg/19t.jpg) Spring plant in Negev Desert, on a mountain ridge behind Yeroham reservoir. The Middle East, March 8, 2001
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2001/186/jpeg/33t.jpg) Spring plants in Negev Desert, on a mountain ridge behind Yeroham reservoir. The Middle East, March 8, 2001
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