[Boogieman]

Most pictures are probably taken from the courtyard, looking out, but this one was taken from outside the courtyard, looking in. Check out this drawing of the layout:

For the tower to be in that place in the photo, to the right and in front of the mosque, then the photo was taken from somewhere all the way on the left side of the drawing, about 2/3 of the way up.

[Former Fetus]

If you google Al Aqsa minaret, you get a picture of a square tower, the same one that you can see to the left at the edge of the modern picture. I don’t know what happened to the round minaret from the old pic, it doesn’t seem to exist today. I insist, it looks like the picture is showing the Western Wall with the Temple Mount behind it!

[GeronL]

fascinating

but that isn’t the only photo

[metmom]

That looks about right. Thanks.