![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/129/jpeg/21t.jpg) Church of Beatitudes in Tabgha on Lake Kinneret. The Middle East, April 1, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/129/jpeg/16t.jpg) Church of Primacy of Saint Peter in Capernaum, on Lake Kinneret. The Middle East, April 1, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/129/jpeg/18t.jpg) The Church of Multiplication of the Loaves and the Fishes in Tabgha on Lake Kinneret. The Middle East, April 1, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/129/jpeg/19t.jpg) Facade of the Church of Multiplication of the Loaves and the Fishes in Tabgha on Lake Kinneret. The Middle East, April 1, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/150/jpeg/38t.jpg) A lookout from a top of a hill at Ramat Rahel. Jerusalem, the Middle East, September 21, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2002/260/jpeg/32t.jpg) Lake Kinneret near Tiberias. The Middle East, March 16, 2002
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2002/261/jpeg/00t.jpg) Hills of Galilee north from Lake Kinneret. The Middle East, March 16, 2002
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2002/260/jpeg/35t.jpg) Church of Beatitudes in Tabgha near Lake Kinneret. The Middle East, March 16, 2002
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2002/260/jpeg/36t.jpg) Church of Primacy of Saint Peter in Capernaum, on Lake Kinneret (with water level below normal). The Middle East, March 16, 2002
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/150/jpeg/12t.jpg) Western wall in Old City of Jerusalem. The Middle East, September 19, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/150/jpeg/13t.jpg) A Jew at Western wall in Old City of Jerusalem. The Middle East, September 19, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/143/jpeg/03t.jpg) Western Wall in the Old City. Jerusalem, the Middle East, June 17, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/167/jpeg/19t.jpg) Sorek River near western entrance to Jerusalem. The Middle East, December 30, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/151/jpeg/19t.jpg) View of houses in western Tel Aviv from a plane, near Ben Gurion Airport. The Middle East, September 25, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/167/jpeg/13t.jpg) A monument of Archimandrite Porfiriy Uspenskiy at a pro-Moscow Gornensky Convent for women. Ein Kerem (western Jerusalem), the Middle East, December 30, 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/2000/148/jpeg/07t.jpg) Mediterranean Sea near Dor. The Middle East, August 24, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/147/jpeg/37t.jpg) On a beach near Dor. The Middle East, August 24, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/148/jpeg/10t.jpg) Mediterranean Sea near Dor. The Middle East, August 24, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2001/243/jpeg/35t.jpg) View from a lookout of Mount Sdom to the north. The Middle East, December 27, 2001
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2001/244/jpeg/01t.jpg) View from a lookout of Mount Sdom to the north. The Middle East, December 27, 2001
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2001/243/jpeg/31t.jpg) View from a lookout of Mount Sdom to the south. The Middle East, December 27, 2001
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/167/jpeg/10t.jpg) An Orthodox church with ghostly figures of prayers (because of long exposure) at a pro-Moscow Gornensky Convent for women. Ein Kerem (western Jerusalem), the Middle East, December 30, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2001/174/jpeg/03t.jpg) View of Ramon Crater to the east from a rim, with a lookout place to the left. Mitzpe Ramon, the Middle East, February 1, 2001
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/148/jpeg/11t.jpg) Archeological excavations near Dor. The Middle East, August 24, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/147/jpeg/33t.jpg) Shipwreck on a beach near Dor. The Middle East, August 24, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/148/jpeg/02t.jpg) Mediterranean Sea near HaBonim. The Middle East, August 24, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/148/jpeg/03t.jpg) Mediterranean Sea near HaBonim. The Middle East, August 24, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/148/jpeg/06t.jpg) Archeological excavations near Dor. The Middle East, August 24, 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/2001/236/jpeg/29t.jpg) Dead Sea to the west, behind the rim of Mount Yishai lookout, above Ein Gedi. The Middle East, November 15, 2001
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2002/256/jpeg/30t.jpg) Nahal Mishmar canyon and the Dead Sea from the southern lookout. The Middle East, February 21, 2002
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2001/244/jpeg/09t.jpg) View of Dead Sea from a lookout of Mount Sdom to the north. The Middle East, December 27, 2001
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2001/244/jpeg/06t.jpg) View from a lookout of Mount Sdom to the south-west. The Middle East, December 27, 2001
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2001/173/jpeg/34t.jpg) View of Ramon Crater to north-east from a lookout near Visitor Center, with a road to Eilat. Mitzpe Ramon, the Middle East, February 1, 2001
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/147/jpeg/05t.jpg) An alligator in Hamat Gader. The Middle East, August 18, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2001/244/jpeg/05t.jpg) View of Dead Sea from a lookout of Mount Sdom to the south-west. The Middle East, December 27, 2001
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/167/jpeg/17t.jpg) A cemetery in Gornensky Convent for women (the Russian Orthodox Mission of Moscow Patriarchate in Jerusalem). Ein Kerem (western Jerusalem), the Middle East, December 30, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/147/jpeg/18t.jpg) A face of a crocodile. Hamat Gader, the Middle East, August 18, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/145/jpeg/11t.jpg) View of Jerusalem from a southern hill. The Middle East, August 5, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/146/jpeg/35t.jpg) Feeding crocodiles in Hamat Gader. The Middle East, August 18, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/146/jpeg/36t.jpg) Parrot show in Hamat Gader. The Middle East, August 18, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/147/jpeg/00t.jpg) Roman bathes (?) in Hamat Gader. The Middle East, August 18, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/147/jpeg/10t.jpg) An alligator in a pool in Hamat Gader. The Middle East, August 18, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/145/jpeg/10t.jpg) View of Jerusalem from a southern hill. The Middle East, August 5, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/147/jpeg/13t.jpg) Yawning alligator in Hamat Gader. The Middle East, August 18, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/145/jpeg/35t.jpg) Ara, a village near Umm el Fahm, view from Road 65. The Middle East, August 18, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/147/jpeg/15t.jpg) A big Nile crocodile in Hamat Gader. The Middle East, August 18, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/147/jpeg/34t.jpg) Flowers growing on limestone on a beach near Dor. The Middle East, August 24, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/146/jpeg/00t.jpg) A farm on Golan Heights near Katzrin. The Middle East, August 18, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/147/jpeg/30t.jpg) Eroded limestone on a beach near Habonim. The Middle East, August 24, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/167/jpeg/16t.jpg) A church yard in Gornensky Convent for women (the Russian Orthodox Mission of Moscow Patriarchate in Jerusalem). Ein Kerem (western Jerusalem), the Middle East, December 30, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/147/jpeg/17t.jpg) A small crocodile in a pond in Hamat Gader. The Middle East, August 18, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/147/jpeg/21t.jpg) Alligator smiling at sleep. Hamat Gader, the Middle East, August 18, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/148/jpeg/15t.jpg) At Gush Ezyon Street. Beer-Sheva, the Middle East, August 30, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/148/jpeg/18t.jpg) At Haviva Reik (?) Street. Beer-Sheva, the Middle East, August 31, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/148/jpeg/20t.jpg) At Haviva Reik (?) Street. Beer-Sheva, the Middle East, August 31, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/147/jpeg/11t.jpg) Tailless alligator like a toad in Hamat Gader. The Middle East, August 18, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/147/jpeg/27t.jpg) Round faced cat with yellow eyes in Atlit (?). The Middle East, August 24, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/145/jpeg/21t.jpg) Entrance to Holy Sepulchre in Old City of Jerusalem. The Middle East, August 5, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/145/jpeg/20t.jpg) 13th station of Via Dolorosa in Old City of Jerusalem. The Middle East, August 5, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/145/jpeg/17t.jpg) Dome of the Rock on Temple Mount in Jerusalem. The Middle East, August 5, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/145/jpeg/14t.jpg) Panoramic view of Jerusalem from a southern hill. The Middle East, August 5, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/147/jpeg/07t.jpg) Resting alligator in a pool in Hamat Gader. The Middle East, August 18, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/146/jpeg/30t.jpg) A feeding crocodile in a pond in Hamat Gader. The Middle East, August 18, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2001/244/jpeg/00t.jpg) View of Dead Sea and misty Moav Mountains from a lookout of Mount Sdom to the west. The Middle East, December 27, 2001
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2761/jpeg/17t.jpg) Mat of western umbrella-sedge (Fuirena simplex) on a shore of Somerville Lake near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, August 29, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2761/jpeg/12t.jpg) Western umbrella-sedge (Fuirena simplex) on a shore of Somerville Lake near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, August 29, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2761/jpeg/18t.jpg) Fruits of western umbrella-sedge (Fuirena simplex) on a shore of Somerville Lake near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, August 29, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2761/jpeg/13t.jpg) Seeds(?) of western umbrella-sedge (Fuirena simplex) on a shore of Somerville Lake near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, August 29, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2761/jpeg/16t.jpg) Close-up of western umbrella-sedge (Fuirena simplex) on a shore of Somerville Lake near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, August 29, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/145/jpeg/27t.jpg) Multicolored stray cat near Ben Gurion Boulevard in Beer-Sheva. The Middle East, August 12, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/145/jpeg/30t.jpg) A brown cat at Shekhuna Gimel Quarter near BGU. Beer-Sheva, the Middle East, August 12, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/147/jpeg/20t.jpg) Alligators gathering near a pool during hot afternoon. Hamat Gader, the Middle East, August 18, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/145/jpeg/12t.jpg) View of Temple Mount in Jerusalem from a southern hill. The Middle East, August 5, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2001/236/jpeg/27t.jpg) David Creek and Dead Sea shores around Ein Gedi, view to the north from Mount Yishai lookout. The Middle East, November 15, 2001
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/167/jpeg/04t.jpg) A monument of Archimandrite Leonid Sentsov (1863(?) - 1918), a head of Russian mission in Jerusalem, at a pro-Moscow Gornensky Convent for women. Ein Kerem (western Jerusalem), the Middle East, December 30, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/146/jpeg/18t.jpg) A crocodile floating in murky waters of a pond in Hamat Gader. The Middle East, August 18, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/146/jpeg/16t.jpg) A crocodile s tail in murky waters of a pond in Hamat Gader. The Middle East, August 18, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/145/jpeg/34t.jpg) Stray dogs in front of the City Hall. Beer-Sheva, the Middle East, August 17, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/145/jpeg/22t.jpg) Burial caves in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Old City of Jerusalem. The Middle East, August 5, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/145/jpeg/23t.jpg) High tech business at Yaffa entrance to Old City of Jerusalem. The Middle East, August 5, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/167/jpeg/14t.jpg) A monument of Archimandrite Antonin Kapustin (1869(?) - 1894) who founded in 1871 the Russian mission in Jerusalem, at a pro-Moscow Gornensky Convent for women. Ein Kerem (western Jerusalem), the Middle East, December 30, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/167/jpeg/15t.jpg) An Orthodox church in Gornensky Convent for women (the Russian Orthodox Mission of Moscow Patriarchate in Jerusalem). Ein Kerem (western Jerusalem), the Middle East, December 30, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/146/jpeg/32t.jpg) Reflection of a warning poster on the bank of a crocodile pond in Hamat Gader. The Middle East, August 18, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/145/jpeg/19t.jpg) A tunnel to water cisterns north-west from Temple Mount (?) in Jerusalem. The Middle East, August 5, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/145/jpeg/31t.jpg) A stray cat with green eyes at Shekhuna Gimel Quarter near BGU. Beer-Sheva, the Middle East, August 12, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/145/jpeg/29t.jpg) A stray cat sitting like a rabbit at Senesh Hanna Street (?) near BGU. Beer-Sheva, the Middle East, August 12, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/167/jpeg/18t.jpg) Graves of Russian nuns in Gornensky Convent for women (the Russian Orthodox Mission of Moscow Patriarchate in Jerusalem). Ein Kerem (western Jerusalem), the Middle East, December 30, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2001/239/jpeg/29t.jpg) Ramon Crater, view from Mitzpe Ramon lookout. The Middle East, December 6, 2001
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2001/239/jpeg/31t.jpg) Sunset over Ramon Crater, view from Mitzpe Ramon lookout. The Middle East, December 6, 2001
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/145/jpeg/07t.jpg) 1/50th scale model of Herod s temple at Holyland Hotel in Jerusalem. View from above. The Middle East, August 5, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/150/jpeg/16t.jpg) ... and B. Segev at MOLEC-2000, the XIIIth European Conference on Dynamics of Molecular Collisions. Jerusalem, the Middle East, September 20, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/122/jpeg/06t.jpg) A lake and a road near Mount Hermon. Golan Heights, the Middle East, February 19, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/147/jpeg/28t.jpg) Portraits of Binyamin Netanyahu, a former Prime Minister of Israel, together with other Jewish political leaders in Atlit. The Middle East, August 24, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/145/jpeg/05t.jpg) 1/50th scale model of Herod s temple at Holyland Hotel in Jerusalem. The City of David (?). The Middle East, August 5, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2001/173/jpeg/36t.jpg) View of Ramon Crater to south-west from a lookout near Visitor Center. Mitzpe Ramon, the Middle East, February 1, 2001
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/145/jpeg/33t.jpg) A monument to some leader (?) Avraham Halman in front of the central supermarket Canyon HaNegev. Beer-Sheva, the Middle East, August 17, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/151/jpeg/10t.jpg) Pumping the audience at a final dinner of MOLEC-2000, the XIIIth European Conference on Dynamics of Molecular Collisions. Jerusalem, the Middle East, September 21, 2000
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