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1 posted on 01/31/2014 6:39:02 PM PST by marshmallow
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To: marshmallow

The lens is surprisingly sharp in the center.


2 posted on 01/31/2014 6:46:00 PM PST by yarddog (Romans 8: verses 38 and 39. "For I am persuaded".)
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To: marshmallow

Is there a current photograph shot from the same spot?

Is there any way of determining where that picture was taken from?


3 posted on 01/31/2014 6:48:57 PM PST by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith....)
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To: marshmallow

Mark Twain in the Holy Land
Mark Twain visited Israel in 1867, and published his impressions in Innocents Abroad. He described a desolate country – devoid of both vegetation and human population:

“….. A desolate country whose soil is rich enough, but is given over wholly to weeds… a silent mournful expanse…. a desolation…. we never saw a human being on the whole route…. hardly a tree or shrub anywhere. Even the olive tree and the cactus, those fast friends of a worthless soil, had almost deserted the country.”

He was amazed by the smallness of the city of Jerusalem:

“A fast walker could go outside the walls of Jerusalem and walk entirely around the city in an hour. I do not know how else to make one understand how small it is.”

And he described the Temple Mount thus:

“The mighty Mosque of Omar, and the paved court around it, occupy a fourth part of Jerusalem. They are upon Mount Moriah, where King Solomon’s Temple stood. This Mosque is the holiest place the Mohammedan knows, outside of Mecca. Up to within a year or two past, no christian could gain admission to it or its court for love or money. But the prohibition has been removed, and we entered freely for bucksheesh.”


4 posted on 01/31/2014 6:49:40 PM PST by diverteach (If I find liberals in heaven after my death.....I WILL BE PISSED!!!)
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To: marshmallow

This was the beginning.....when the Arabs started photobombing Israel.


6 posted on 01/31/2014 6:56:10 PM PST by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
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To: marshmallow

Interesting.


8 posted on 01/31/2014 7:23:35 PM PST by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: SWAMPSNIPER

See the First Photographs Ever Taken of Jerusalem


15 posted on 01/31/2014 7:45:38 PM PST by Irenic (The pencil sharpener and Elmer's glue is put away-- we've lost the red wheelbarrow)
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To: marshmallow

bump


18 posted on 01/31/2014 7:53:54 PM PST by Skooz (Gabba Gabba we accept you we accept you one of us Gabba Gabba we accept you we accept you one of us)
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To: marshmallow

Fascinating. Thanks for posting.


19 posted on 01/31/2014 7:55:20 PM PST by afraidfortherepublic
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To: SunkenCiv

For reference.


25 posted on 01/31/2014 11:21:59 PM PST by Jet Jaguar
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To: marshmallow

Great info- thanks

Bkmk


28 posted on 02/01/2014 9:23:12 AM PST by Faith65 (Jesus Christ is my Lord and Savior!)
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To: marshmallow; KC_Lion

Thank you so much.


37 posted on 02/01/2014 7:51:56 PM PST by onyx (Please Support Free Republic - Donate Monthly! If you want on Sarah Palin's Ping List, Let Me know!)
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