Land of 1000 Caves by pdulis

Land of 1000 Caves

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.
Stunning photo.
January 4th, 2020  
Striking photo Peter. Fav
January 4th, 2020  
Beautiful image and interesting description.
January 4th, 2020  
Fabulous capture - must be plenty of light down here! fav
January 4th, 2020  
those caves look amazing - great lighting in your capture
January 4th, 2020  
Amazing ! fav
January 4th, 2020  
Amazing rock formation, fabulous capture!
January 4th, 2020  
Amazing history
January 4th, 2020  
Excellent capture of these interesting caves and great information
January 4th, 2020  
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.
January 4th, 2020  
Interesting capture of the caves and information - UNESCO Heritage Site. fav.
January 4th, 2020  
Wonderful composition and interesting history.
January 4th, 2020  
Stunning capture of such an interesting place.
January 4th, 2020  
Gorgeous shot and interesting natural history
January 4th, 2020  
Wonderful shot Peter
January 4th, 2020  
wow.. very unique. Looks like an abstract
January 4th, 2020  
Awesome!!! Very cool!
January 4th, 2020  
Wow... nature is amazing. Great shot.
January 5th, 2020  
difficult to interpret at first - but what a wonderful place
January 5th, 2020  
Superb, fav !
January 5th, 2020  
I love all the shapes and textures.
January 5th, 2020  
Interesting cave. Beautiful light!
January 5th, 2020  
@jyokota - your right Junko - looks very familiar - there's so many angles in these caves
January 5th, 2020  
Awesome shot!
January 5th, 2020  
Amazing light, patterns, sense of size with the little person
January 5th, 2020  
Just stunning! It must be overwhelming to find the right shot when in a location like that.
January 5th, 2020  
Really cool photo of such a neat place.
January 5th, 2020  
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.
January 5th, 2020  
wonderful image.
January 5th, 2020  
@olivetreeann - hi Anne - we were there end Sept.- I usually wait for the right time to shot with either no people or a person for perspective
January 5th, 2020  
@ingrid_marianna - thanks Ingrid - the trick is to keep shooting and change perspective
January 5th, 2020  
Fascinating and amazing!
January 5th, 2020  
Very cool
January 5th, 2020  
Amazing! Thanks for the history and the person for scale.
January 5th, 2020  
Gorgeous!
January 5th, 2020  
a beautifully composed shot with fabulous light and textures, fav!
January 5th, 2020  
such an interesting shot!
January 5th, 2020  
Fascinating Fav
January 5th, 2020  
Great place and capture.
January 5th, 2020  
Beautiful light and DOF. Fav
January 5th, 2020  
Fav. Had to look twice.
January 5th, 2020  
Aah! So beautiful...great that you captured this including a human being - now we can imagine how big this fantastic cave might be. Fav
January 5th, 2020  
Eye candy
January 5th, 2020  
Looks surreal!
January 5th, 2020  
These caves do look spectacular
January 5th, 2020  
Wow, amazing! Fav
January 5th, 2020  
amazing patterns and textures
January 6th, 2020  
I thought it was an abstract painting! Wonderful.
January 6th, 2020  
Beautiful - such awesome textures and colours
January 6th, 2020  
Such interesting patterns and wonderful lighting! Fav
January 10th, 2020  
Amazing.
January 10th, 2020  
Stunning!
January 13th, 2020  
Fav!
January 15th, 2020  
fabulous capture of texture and detail
February 2nd, 2020  
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