Tuesday, 18 December, 2018

The Ancient Path Through Palestine

The Ancient Path Through Palestine

Posted on Tuesday, 30 May, 2017Sunday, 20 August, 2017 by Zheluo Cai

The Ancient Path Through Palestine.

The Masar Ibrahim Al-Khalil or Abraham Path, is a fascinating 200 miles hiking route through Palestine’s history, culture and incredible landscapes. It runs from Rummanah in the north of Palestine to Beit Mirsim, Hebron in the south, taking 22 days to complete. There are organised tours to explore the various historical and archeological sites en route, as well as appreciate the amazing diversity of landscapes and views of the land. Beginning in the agriculture fields and olive groves in the north, passing through the wildernesses and arriving at the desert scenery of the south, the tour takes one through various Palestinian rural communities, with stays overnight in one of Masar Ibrahim homestays or Bedouin tents along the path. Recommended sections include Burqin to Arraba (Jenin), Ain Samia to Auja (Nablus), Jericho to Sea Level Community (Jericho), Khirbet Al Mard to Tal Al-Qamar (Bethlehem) and Hassasa to Bani N’aim (Hebron). The full Abraham Path starts in Harran in Turkey. If and when the full Path is completed, it will go through Turkey, Syria, Jordan, Palestine and Israel.

Read Article Here:

http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20170428-the-ancient-path-through-palestine

Read About The Masar Ibrahim al-Khalil Here:

http://masaribrahim.ps/en/

Vela Supernova Remnant.
Credit & Copyright: Marco Lorenzi (Star Echoes). At the northwestern edge of the constellation Vela (the Sails), the four frame mosaic is over 10 degrees wide, centred on the glowing filaments of the Vela Supernova Remnant, the expanding debris cloud from the death explosion of a massive star. Light from the supernova explosion that created the Vela remnant reached Earth about 11,000 years ago. In addition to the shocked filaments of glowing gas, the cosmic catastrophe also left behind an incredibly dense, rotating stellar core, the Vela Pulsar. Some 800 light-years distant, the Vela remnant is likely embedded in a larger and older supernova remnant, the Gum Nebula.

December 18: The Moon passes 5° south of Uranus (image above), 4h UT (11 PM EST).

December 20: Jupiter passes 5° north of Antares, 2h UT (9 PM EST).

December 21: Mercury passes 6° north of Antares, 8h UT (3 AM EST).

December 21: Mercury passes 0.9° north of Jupiter, 15h UT (10 AM EST).

December 21: Summer Solstice occurs at 22h23m UT (5:23 PM EST).

December 22: Full Moon occurs at 17h49m UT (12:49 AM EST).

December 24: The Moon is at perigee (361,061 km from Earth), 9h49m UT (4:49 AM EST).

Credit: Astronomy.

Sunflowers (Tournesols) is the name of two series of still life paintings by the Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh. The first series, executed in Paris in 1887, depicts the flowers lying on the ground, while the second set, executed a year later in Arles, shows a bouquet of sunflowers in a vase. In the artist's mind, both sets were linked by the name of his friend Paul Gauguin, who acquired two of the Paris versions. On March 30, 1987, Japanese insurance magnate, Yasuo Goto, paid the equivalent of US $39,921,750 for van Gogh's Still Life: Vase with Fifteen Sunflowers at auction at Christie's London. The painting currently resides at Seiji Togo Yasuda Memorial Museum of Modern Art in Tokyo.

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