The caves of Beit Guvrin-Maresha, Israel’s newest UNESCO World Heritage Site, are very cool – in more ways than one. The main attraction is the manmade chalk caves. Over the course of 2,000 years, people used these caves as quarries, stables, granaries, storerooms, water cisterns, workspaces for pressing grapes and olives, cultic houses of worship, dovecotes, hideouts and gravesites. Beautiful place to photograph.
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Peter! I think I was at the same cave! But my capture is of one end and I think yours is at the other. http://365project.org/jyokota/365/2017-11-05
I think this one was taken looking up the smaller of the holes in this photo: http://365project.org/jyokota/365/2017-11-04
I like how your capture shows such rich color variation, and the tiny person shows scale.
I went to Beit Guvrin on my first trip to Israel. We visited the chalk caves where the doves had been kept and I was overwhelmed by the size of them. We didn't see this part but I wish we had. This is a great shot with the person included for scale. Have you been visiting these sites on special permission? There seems to be a lot less tourists in your photos. Or is it the time of year? I remember seeing a video about different times to visit Israel and this was one of the better times to go if you didn't want to deal with a lot of people.
I think this one was taken looking up the smaller of the holes in this photo: http://365project.org/jyokota/365/2017-11-04
I like how your capture shows such rich color variation, and the tiny person shows scale.