Wadi Nar – The Valley Of Fire, Palestinian Territories
The Valley of FIre
Outside the old city walls of Jerusalem begins the Wadi Nar - the Valley of Fire - a fault in the limestone that winds down towards the Dead Sea, cutting through the exposed rock and shale of the desert. To the east of here almost no rain falls, and the olive groves and terraced fields of the highlands give way to a landscape of stone, sky, and silence. There can be no life here.
And yet, as our track turns into the lower reaches of the...