beersheba

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This morning we met our guide Dina and Bus driver Eli and left for Mitsvah Ramon Crater the only crater in the world formed by erosion rather than a meteorite and it is at the top of a mountain range but Im not convinced scince there are 3 dormant volcanos which I presume at some stage they may have erupted and caused the crater at the top of the mountain and then erosion did the rest.

this is an amazing sight and will next year be a international world heritage zone because of its significance geologicaly

we were driven through it in landrovers

we then went to have lunch yiros made with turkey meat and then to beersheba where Abram lived and a well he dug is still there today the significance of this is great because without water this is a desert and the bible describes a dispute over the ownership of this well.

also in this area the australian light horse brigade defeated the Turks in the first world war and there is a memorial for this incident

from here we drove down from 300m above sea level to 440m below sea level to the dead sea the lowest place on earth

here we find Masada and the youth Hostel where we stay the night

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Photos

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Esther and Ruth at Mitza-Ramond crater

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our group by the vehicle

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panoramic of the crater

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Cameron Danny and Jordan at the crater

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Abrahams Well

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Light horse monument

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the bottom end of the dead sea

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Danny got the only room with a balcony overlooking the dead sea