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14-DEC-2010 Traveller

The Fertile Fields of Armageddon

Hebrew: הַר מְגִדּוֹ‎, Har Megiddo, Arabic هرمجدون, Late Latin: Armagedōn

Truly, all the skies seemed to me to be Apocalyptic...and the skies and what they meant to humans seemed particularly interesting in this light

Many battles were fought here in the valley that is the best way to the Pass that leads to the coast road between Mesopotamia and Egypt...if you were here, you would understand why so many wars have been won and lost exactly here.

Interestingly, the first battle in all of history that we have maybe moderately accurate writings on occurred here in 1457 BC, between Pharaoh Thutmose III of Egypt and Canaanite coalition under the king of Kadesh.

The most recent was in 1918 as the Last Battle against the Ottoman Empire and was won by General Allenby. The battle opened with an attack by...T. E. Lawrence, who else? The battle, as with the Canaanite battle some 3,500 years before was a slaughter and the Ottoman Empire was ended here as were the Canaanite Kingdoms.

Hummmmm

Canon EOS Rebel T1i
1/100s f/6.3 at 15.0mm iso100 hide exif
Full EXIF Info
Date/Time14-Dec-2010 04:38:14
MakeCanon
ModelCanon EOS REBEL T1i
Flash UsedNo
Focal Length15 mm
Exposure Time1/100 sec
Aperturef/6.3
ISO Equivalent100
Exposure Bias
White Balance
Metering Modepartial (6)
JPEG Quality
Exposure Programmanual (4)
Focus Distance16.000 m

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elips19-Feb-2011 18:24
An especially effect sky! ~Sharon
Guest 18-Feb-2011 22:36
I agree about the green field. I like this the best of the alternatives you've shown.
Canon Image Challenge18-Feb-2011 21:04
Thanks, I just put too more versions up in Pending...I posted this one because I wanted the patch of green. It is sometimes hard to convey the idea of this place with a single, or even a series of photographs. Best Wishes, Traveller
Guest 18-Feb-2011 20:29
I like this landscape photograph. The contrast between sky and land is not only in color but also in the straight man made lines of the fields vs Nature's lines in the sky.