After the Rain, Wadi Al Wala, Madaba Governorate, Jordan
We have been having cold rain and wind lately and it was great to get out during a break in the weather... one of the bonuses of the rain is of course that it can sometimes sweep the air of dust and blown sand... it's still kind of cold here early and the birds don't really get out of bed until a little later these days... and well maybe me too... :-) So, not your great sunrise type landscape... But, I hope to try my hand at more bad landscape work in the near future and I know I need to get out earlier to do that properly - golden hour; understood... :-)
This is the deep section of the Wadi, just before you have to take off up either side of the valley/canyon walls. The elevation at the water, to the left here, is about 0. From here I am close to starting my climb out to the north and on the right bank of the Wadi up to about 760 M (say 2,500 Ft). This switchback delight takes you up to the Madaba plateau. If the valley road continued for 12 Km (7.5 Mi), you would run into the Dead Sea to the west, but the elevation difference is just too steep, I think, for any kind of cost effective two lane road here...
Anyway, there are, of course prehistoric, Roman, Moabite, Nabatean and Byzantine ruins everywhere... it's all too much really... the birding, the history, the scenery... always thinking, how lucky I am to be here... :-)
After the Rain, Wadi Al Wala, Madaba Governorate, Jordan
We have been having cold rain and wind lately and it was great to get out during a break in the weather... one of the bonuses of the rain is of course that it can sometimes sweep the air of dust and blown sand... it's still kind of cold here early and the birds don't really get out of bed until a little later these days... and well maybe me too... :-) So, not your great sunrise type landscape... But, I hope to try my hand at more bad landscape work in the near future and I know I need to get out earlier to do that properly - golden hour; understood... :-)
This is the deep section of the Wadi, just before you have to take off up either side of the valley/canyon walls. The elevation at the water, to the left here, is about 0. From here I am close to starting my climb out to the north and on the right bank of the Wadi up to about 760 M (say 2,500 Ft). This switchback delight takes you up to the Madaba plateau. If the valley road continued for 12 Km (7.5 Mi), you would run into the Dead Sea to the west, but the elevation difference is just too steep, I think, for any kind of cost effective two lane road here...
Anyway, there are, of course prehistoric, Roman, Moabite, Nabatean and Byzantine ruins everywhere... it's all too much really... the birding, the history, the scenery... always thinking, how lucky I am to be here... :-)