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The Large Crater (Ha-Makhtesh Ha-Gadol)
iblatt Says: The craters ("Makhteshim") in the Israeli Negev are a unique geological phenomenon. They were not created by meteors or by volcanic activity, but by a slow erosion process of a mountain peak by water and wind. A creek drains the water at the bottom of the crater and erodes...
Colored Sand in the Large Crater (Makhtesh)
iblatt Says: The sandstone at the bottom of the Large Crater (Makhtesh) has undegone oxidation with many different minerals, creating beautifully colored sand: chalk-white, yellow, orange, vermillion, red, purple, blue... In a designated area in the crater you can dcrape off colored sand...
Petrified Trees in the Large Crater
iblatt Says: At the bottom of the crater ("The Large Makhtesh"), one of the attractions is the petrified trees.These are the remains of ancient tree trunks, some with a diameter of 1.5 meter, which have been petrified. You can still appreciate their shape and size. The tallest trunk is...
iblatt Says: Mount Avnun offers a sweeping, panoramic view of the Large Makhtesh (crater) from its western rim. It is 656 meters above sea level, and about 400 meters above the bottom of the crater.An short unpaved road leads from route 225 up the mountain, to a parking lot near the top....
iblatt Says: Yeroham is a desert town, and a green park with a lake in its center is unusual, unexpected and very welcome. The Yeroham Park is a pine tree forest which was planted in the 1980s by the KKL (Jewish National Fund, which is responsible for forstation in Israel).The artificial...
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Bregman Says: Don't get fooled by the name! While it is bigger than the Little Crater, the Big Crater is much smaller than Ramon Crater. Anyway, here you can find colourful sands and rocks. These are quite popular by the kids.See more in the travelogue.
Colored Sand, many colors at Maktesh Gadol
Martin_S. Says: This closeup of the colored sands more vividly shows the crazy patchwork of colors that you can find here, they run from purple to yellow, from brown (rust) to almost pure white, the orange was my favorite.......you will see pockets dug out where people have removed sand, it...
Take home some colored sand at Maktesh Gadol
Martin_S. Says: At the "Colored Sands" park in Maktesh Gadol it is legal to dig and take home some of the sand...here you can see a whole wall of powder grey that has been "sampled", these marks were caused by children digging into the wall with soft drink bottles, trying to dig out a...
Martin_S. Says: Here you can see what Roie, Vanessa and Ilana were looking at, this is Xiao performing an Ancient Chinese Prayer...
Martin_S. Says: Here is another passtime in Israel, standing in awe of strange people, here you can see Roie, Vaness and Ilana observing a strange person (that in this case would be Xiao off to the left lower part of the picture) and just shaking their heads and making signs with their...
Martin_S. Says: Just north of Yeroham on road 204, you will find on the west side of the road (that would be the left if you are traveling from Yeroham toward Dimona), a small hike in the desert to find one of the most amazing flowers. The Helmonit (so named because helmon is the yellow...
Martin_S. Says: If you don't mind a 15 minute hike, after you leave the Maktesh Gadol, proceed to the Maktesh Katan...go east on route 225 till you reach route 206, turn left and go for about a kilometer, then turn right onto route 227. After about 4-5 kilometers you will see a dirt road...
Maktesh Gadol, stop on the winding road
Martin_S. Says: If you take the road out of Yeroham (route 225) toward the Maktesh Gadol, you will enter the Maktesh on a very steep winding road...while you are still far above the valley floor there is a good place to stop to see the valley, keep an eye out for this, it presents a...
Martin_S. Says: While visiting the Maktesh Katan we took the opportunity for a self portrait, but who would be foolish enough to walk the edge of the cliff to put the camera on automatic...well you see that guy in the red jacket, yep, HIM.
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If you take the road out of Yeroham (route 225) toward the Maktesh Gadol, you will enter the Maktesh on a very steep winding road...while you are still far...
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Yeroham, gate to Maktesh Gadol and Katan
The "Maktesh Gadol" is one of three, the Maktesh Gadol, Maktesh Katan and Maktesh Ramon make up the geological triplets of these amazing crater like anomlies...here you can see behind Xiao and Vanessa...
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Not much to see in Yeroham itself, but there are some beautiful sites in the area, the closest being the Big Crater with its colourful sands.
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Yeroham is a town in the northern Negev. During my stay in Arad Yeroham became a transit town for the exploration of the beautiful desert with its nature and cultural sites. But Yeroham has also a...
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