Foto Friday – Robert Gorsoun sees Israel’s beauty

October 23, 2009 - 7:04 PM by Rachel Neiman · 2 Comments
Filed under: Art, Foto Friday, General, Travel 

Robert Gorsoun is a photographer who takes pictures for the love of it. Wherever he travels, he snaps pictures and Israel is beautiful through his lens…

…the Banias in Israel’s north…
Robert Gorsoun - Banias

…a rainbow, captured in mid-storm over the Herzliya beach…
Rober Gorsoun - Rainbow over Herzliya beach

…a field of flowers by the roadside, stretching on forever…
Robert Gorsoun - Flower field

…a water lily…
Robert Gorsoun - Water lily at Park Utopia

…or flowering cacti at the Utopia Orchid Park…
Robert Gorsoun - Cacti at Park Utopia

…and on through to the crater at Mizpe Ramon.
Robert Gorsoun - Ramon Crater panorama

More photos by Gorsoun — including some spectacular panoramas that don’t fit on an Israelity page but should be seen — are posted on Panoramio.

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Among the wildflowers

March 26, 2009 - 1:34 PM by Harry · 1 Comment
Filed under: Environment, Life 

As Rachel wrote last week, wildflowers are in full bloom as the “rainy season” ends. The Modi’in area is saturated with beautiful flowers and one of the city’s greatest treasures is Givat Titora, a 140 acre green space with hiking trails, ruins, cisterns is currently the city’s main attraction and a popular spot for locals. Shockingly, contractors have been trying to get a hold of this land for years to build apartments. This site, set up to oppose construction on Titora, outlines the rich history of the hill. Titora is one of Modi’in’s greatest assets and the very thought of construction there sickens me.

On Friday I took my daughter to Titora for what we call an “adventure” – which is my way of branding something that she might not be able to get her head around. Right before her nap I told her when she awakens we were going to go smell the flowers. She was pretty stoked when she got up and starting screaming “FLOWERS! FLOWERS!” so I immediately threw her (well, placed her actually) in the car and took off! Here are a couple of photos from the afternoon.

Red Flower

Purple Flower

Tzofi in the flowers

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