[Leica] IMG: Dive bomber

[pklein at threshinc.com (Peter Klein)]

Thanks, everyone! I wrote a post earlier today, which seems to have 
vanished.

Alan:  I think I might change the title to "Aeronaut."  :-)

Daniel:  I remembered that you had met Ewa in Israel.  Yes, the Dead Sea 
is drying up.  The southern part has been temporarily saved by a channel 
that lets in water from the northern part.  The highway is now quite a 
bit away from the water's edge in many places  where it used to be right 
at the shoreline. The Jordanians have a plan to channel water from the 
Red Sea into the Dead Sea to replenish it, and the Israelis seem to 
think it's a good idea.

Masada has an eerie history. Depending on which account you believe, and 
on your perspective, it's either an heroic example of people willing to 
die by their own hands rather than capitulate to those who would deny 
them their faith and freedom, or it's the Jonestown of the ancient world.

--Peter


> On Tue, 21 Dec 2010 Peter Klein <pklein at threshinc.com> wrote:
> Su
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> >From the top of Masada.  You can see the Dead Sea through the fog at
> >upper right.  Does this work?
> ><http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/pklein/israel/9-Masada/L1007837.jpg.html>
> > 
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> >--Peter
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> Yes.  Pretty striking.  I couldn't imagine how the title would apply to
> Masada until I opened the image.  ;~)
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>