Israel's Negev Desert, With Sde Boker, Ein Yahav and Eilat Photo Gallery by Al Teich at pbase.com

Israel's Negev Desert, With Sde Boker, Ein Yahav and Eilat

The Negev - mile after mile of beautiful desolation - comprises about two-thirds of Israel's land area. Almost unbelievably, however, it also produces the majority of Israel's fresh fruits and vegetables. Its farms include thousands of acres of greenhouses covered with plastic sheets and irrigated with pipes that dispense water one drop at a time. The pictures in this gallery include the Negev's desert scenery; as well as the cooperative farming community (moshav) of Ein Yahav in the Arava Valley; the desert home and gravesite of David Ben Gurion, Israel's first Prime Minister, in Sde Boker; the dramatic Ramon Crater; and a few random shots from Eilat.

Desert scenery	Jill in the Negev	Sam relaxing at Ein Yahav	Date palms at Ein Yahav
Acres of greenhouses at Ein Yahav	Greenhouses at Ein Yahav	Shlomit - one of farm owners at Ein Yahav	Highway through the Negev
Desolate but beautiful	Approaching the Ramon Crater	Looking down into the Ramon Crater from the rim	Ramon Crater visitor center
Jill at the Ramon Crater	Jill at the Ramon Crater	Entertainment outside of the Ramon Crater visitor center	An oryx from the herd that lives around the Ben Gurion grave site
Graves of David & Paula Ben Gurion	View from the Ben Gurion grave site	Ben Gurion grave site	Ben Gurion grave site
Living room of Ben Gurion's house at Sde Boker	David Ben Gurion's bedroom at Sde Boker	Paula Ben Gurion's bedroom	David Ben Gurion's desk at Sde Boker
Eilat: View from Our Hotel Balcony	Pool at the Neptune Hotel, Eilat	Checking in at the Neptune	Eilat: The boardwalk at night

Charles Matheson		08-Jan-2008 16:08
enjoyed your ictures of Ein Yahav I was there in 84 at the Moshav and loved it. Your pictures brought back some good memories of my time in Israel. Charlie