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Photo "View from Masada"

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View from Masada

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Masada (Hebrew for "Fortress") is the ancient ruin on a mountaintop in the Judean Desert.
After the fall of Jerusalem and the destruction of the Jewish Temple in 70 CE by the conquering Roman army, 1,000 Jewish zealot resistors and their families fled Jerusalem and took over this remote mountaintop. Under their leader, Eleazar ben Jair, they withstood a 2-year siege by the Roman Tenth Legion.
Then, in 73 CE, the Roman governor Flavius Silva marched against Masada with the Roman Tenth Legion. They established camps at the base of Masada, laid siege to it. When the Zealot leader, Elazar ben Yair, saw the end nearing, he gathered his people and together they chose death with honor by their own hands rather than being captured alive and becoming slaves to the Romans.
Today, Masada has become a symbol for freedom and independence. Recruits to the Israel Defense Forces Armored Unit swear the oath of allegiance in an annual ceremony on its summit. Their defiant cry...Masada will never fall again!

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Sun 14 Jan 2007 15:43

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Vigen Hakhverdyan #1 Sun 14 Jan 2007 15:54

nicw view!

mircea grumaz #2 Sun 14 Jan 2007 15:58

very good panoramic presentation... good tones; regards

Petur Einarsson #3 Sun 14 Jan 2007 16:03

It is really excellent work!

Robert-Alexandre Gravet #4 Sun 14 Jan 2007 16:15

Nice picture and many thanks fot the historical information.
Regards

Leonid Belsky #5 Sun 14 Jan 2007 16:29

Global view, impressive, Nada!:)

Kate #6 Sun 14 Jan 2007 17:04

Excellent shot!!!!!

silvia marmori #7 Sun 14 Jan 2007 19:00

an impressive view of such great place..
in beauty and history!
excellent notes and image, dear Nada!
kisses and compliments!

Nuno Milheiro #8 Sun 14 Jan 2007 22:04

Thanks for the notes, well captured, nice light and natural colour!

Regards

Teemu Koppa #9 Sun 14 Jan 2007 22:26

Beautiful light and very good angle!

Billy Holmes #10 Sun 14 Jan 2007 23:33

Wow great lighting and detail in this high altitude shot ! Excellent work !!

ric alexander #11 Sun 14 Jan 2007 23:44

a wonderful comment to the photo and such a fine view, you have passion like our small country, used to invasion and occupation. a fine shot
regards

Nada Vujanic #19 Tue 16 Jan 2007 01:01

Life with no passion is worthless.
Thank you smile

Konstantin Poma #12 Sun 14 Jan 2007 23:49

Excellent light and detail!

Slava Vojtsenok #13 mon 15 Jan 2007 00:28

Фото потрясающее. Трудно поверить, что удалось одним кадром охватить панораму и так передать масштабность увиденного! Мне так неудавалось.

Svetlana M #14 mon 15 Jan 2007 00:31

Very interesting panorama.

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