Hi!
This is an interesting photo for me, as I've never imagined Israel with
much forest area, even though I can remember, as a child, contributing my
pennies to "plant a tree in Israel." Of course, I don't really know if the
money went towards planting trees or elsewhere, but I do recall that a lot
of us here in the US sent a lot of dollars to our Israeli kith and kin.
Is this a naturally forested area, or has it been planted?
If I am not mistaken, most if not all forests in Israel are planted... I
am saying this because each time we go for a walk in a forest, I can see
how regular trees are positioned... May be some places on the North are
actually natural forests, but my memory is not that good and I haven't
been to the North for several years...
It would be nice to see this, and other of your photos, larger. This is
true for the photos of others as well. Sometimes these commercial sites
have so much extraneous information on the page that the photographs seems
almost incidental.
I generally make it 700 pixels in larger dimension. Then I use Save For
Web function so as to give me maximal possible quality for size limit of
150 Kb which is imposed at me by this web site...
It's a nice snap, nothing great, although it provides a nice "feel" for the
area. Where exactly was this taken? Where does the dirt road lead? Is
this a field ready for cultivation, or cleared for building?
I appreciate your comment and I will probably start a thread with a
question that you evoked...
This is taken on the road from Nahshon Junction to the south (roughly)
towards Beit Shemesh... The Beit Shemesh area is full of this kind of
forests...
The dirt road leads around the field I think. They are growing something
like corn or sunflowers... But I am not sure... To the best of my
knowledge there is not going to be any building in this area any time soon.
Thanks for your comments...
Boris
