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Dawn over the sinai desert in egypt as seen from mt sinai of "moses" fame.
Mount Sinai is a 2,285 meters high mountain in the Sinai Peninsula.
Mount Sinai (Arabic: طور سيناء , Hebrew: הר סיני), also known as Mount Horeb, Mount Musa, Gebel Musa or Jabal Musa ("Moses' Mountain") by the Bedouins.
According to Bedouin tradition, this is the mountain where God gave laws to the Israelites
I did the Mount Sinai sunrise tour from Dahab. This was most economical and easiest given security risk in the region.
The trek up started after midnight. My trek was greeted with thunders and rain--enough to wet my pants. Thankfully there were plenty of shops with shelters along the trail.
When I got near the top, I was so exhausted that I dosed off for 10-20 mins while sitting inside a shop. Awoken at sunrise, I rushed out to head up to where supposedly Moses talked to God.
Moses got the Ten Commandment tablets there. I got overcast sky, strong wind, and snow flurries. It didn't take long for me to head back down (as seen in the photo).
An unusual sunset in so far as there isn't normally any cloud to form this fantastic formation and colour.
Taken May 17, 2013, Southern Judaean Desert, Israel.
For more information see the "Field Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians of Israel".
View from Mount Sinai
西乃山 طور سيناء הר סינ
Mount Sinai is called Jabal Musa by the Bedouin, and it means "Moses mountain". It is almost 2 300 meters high, overlooking the vast stone desert of the Sinai peninsula.
The walk up is some 3 hours long and it is so worth it. When descending in the evening, the light is just marvellous and it is as if the desert induces stillness into the soul and fills it with sky colours.
It is also a powerful symbol for our mutual spiritual origin and at the same time a period in our evolution where the law was "an eye for an eye".
Later we came to realize the importance of forgiveness. We are still working on that as a humankind :) Blessings on us all!
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This is a 1982 post card that I purchased in Israel way back when I was serving in Sinai. Saint Katherines Monastery was built at the foot of the "Mountain of God", around 525-565 AD, by the Emperor Justinian. Info from the card. I used to fly over this place during my Peacekeeping Patrols, and always found something new to look at. Personal cameras were not allowed by Egyptians for Peace Keepers at the time hence the card.
The photo was made in the Sinai desert. Our friend "Sabr" is walking up a little sand dune to enjoy the sunset.
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Sunrise at Gebel Musa, Egypt
Mount Sinai is a 2,285-metre (7,497 ft) high mountain near Saint Catherine in the Sinai region. It is next to Mount St. Catherine (at 2,629 m/8,625 ft, the tallest peak on the Sinai peninsula). It is surrounded on all sides by higher peaks of the mountain range.
St. Catherine's Monastery
lies on the Sinai Peninsula, at the mouth of an inaccessible gorge at the foot of modern Mount Sinai in St. Catherine city in Egypt at an elevation of 1550 meters. The monastery is Greek Orthodox and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. According to the UNESCO report ( this monastery has been called the oldest working Christian monastery in the world – although the Monastery of Saint Anthony, situated across the Red Sea in the desert south of Cairo, also lays claim to that title.
Inspired by ancient Egyptian jewellery and bead embroidered around gorgeous Swarovski Topaz Rivoli and brown Sawraovski crystal pearls, using gold and copper Duracoat Japanese seed beads, gold-lined turquoise Japanese seed beads and turquoise gemstone beads, these beautiful, elegant earrings are perfect for summer!
The earrings are lined with dark brown Ultrasuede and hang from gold-filled ear-wires. They measure 3” (c. 7.8 cm) from the bottom of the earring post down. The smaller element (top) of the earring is 1” (c. 2.5 cm) wide, the largest (bottom) is 1 ¾” (4.5 cm).
These photos were taken during our stopover for a late lunch at a place called Sinai Rest House on our day-long journey from Cairo to St. Catherine (to scale Mt. Sinai). The first photo was my only capture of desert scenes in the Sinai Peninsula.
Sinai Rest House, Sinai Peninsula, Egypt (Wednesday 18 November 2010 @ 4:21pm).