[:ja]夜のシナイ半島です。北東のパレスチナやイスラエル、西のエジプト・カイロは人間の活動を表す明かりが煌々とついていますが、シナイ半島では南の観光地シャルム・エル・シェイクと、シナイ山の頂上付近が明るくなっています。
画像中のシナイ半島は、ユダヤ教、キリスト教、イスラム教では旧約聖書の時代から特別な場所。出エジプト記でモーセがユダヤ人を率いてシナイ半島へ渡り、シナイ山で十戒を授かったと伝えられています。
シナイ半島については、No.3で、宇宙飛行士のScott Kelly氏の So much history, so much tragedy という興味深いコメントを紹介しています。
ちなみに夜のシナイ山の美しい写真はこちらです。
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[Earthview Wonders] No.119: Sinai Peninsula At Night
Beautiful Sinai Peninsula at night. Lights reflect human activities and are obvious in Palestine and Israel to the east and Cairo, Egypt to the west. In Sinai Peninsula, Sharm El Sheikh in the south and the top of Mt. Sinai is bright.
While Sinai Peninsula has been religiously and historically exceptional for Jews, Christians and Muslims from the Old Testament days, so much blood was shed and even today the Sinai witnesses turmoil from Israel-Palestine conflict.
As for Sinai Peninsula, post No.3 introduced astronaut Scott Kelly’s impressive comment “So much history, so much tragedy”.
This is beautiful Mt. Sinai at night.
Reference:
See earthview photo gallery with web-globe: LiVEARTH[:en][Earthview Wonders] No.119: Sinai Peninsula At Night
Beautiful Sinai Peninsula at night. Lights reflect human activities and are obvious in Palestine and Israel to the east and Cairo, Egypt to the west. In Sinai Peninsula, Sharm El Sheikh in the south and the top of Mt. Sinai is bright.
While Sinai Peninsula has been religiously and historically exceptional for Jews, Christians and Muslims from the Old Testament days, so much blood was shed and even today the Sinai witnesses turmoil from Israel-Palestine conflict.
As for Sinai Peninsula, post No.3 introduced astronaut Scott Kelly’s impressive comment “So much history, so much tragedy”.
This is beautiful Mt. Sinai at night.
Reference:
See earthview photo gallery with web-globe: LiVEARTH[:]