First, the Eastern Orthodox cathedral of the Patriarchate of Constantinople: the Holy Wisdom
Then a Roman Catholic cathedral in the Latin Empire: Sancta Sophia
Later the Imperial Mosque of Istanbul: Aya Sofya
Today a wonderful museum: Ayasofya Müzesi
Click on each picture to magnify. All pictures shot with Nikon D800 + 16-35 mm f/4
Cruising under the bridge on the Bosphorus …
… through the border between Asia and Europe …
… here is finally the harbour of Byzantium!
Just in time for dinner ! What might we taste there?
All pictures but last shot while cruising (!) by night (!!) with Nikon D800 + Nikon 16-35 mm f/4 … click each picture to magnify
Through the desert where Satan tempted Jesus for 40 days and 40 nights …
you can meet the ruins of an abandoned settlement at the side of the motor road:
a black, hot ribbon that cuts through a couple of check-points to reach the shores of the Dead Sea.
Pools of water evaporation
stretch from Israel border East to Jordan, at the other side of the Dead Sea.
Enjoy the colours and shapes of this waters containing 34% of salt (10 times more than Mediterranean sea)
and its atolls made out precipitated salt
Relax by floating on the water surfaces
but keep this extremely salty water out of mouth and eyes… otherwise …
Click on each picture to magnify. Pictures shot with D800 plus 70-200 f/2.8 or 16-35 f/4
When in Haifa, climb up Mount Carmel at sunset and enjoy when the city lightens up at your feet.
Sunset from Stella Maris Monastery on Mount Carmel.
The Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research (IOLR), Haifa.
Bat Galim area from the uphill district Carmel Hof
Haifa from Carmel Hof
Haifa harbour and power plant.
Enjoy the full night view from the awesome terrace of Barbarossa restaurant on the mountain top.
Click to magnify each picture. All shot with D800 plus Nikon 16-35 mm f/4 or Nikon 70-200 mm f/2.8
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