Gigapan of the Treasury at Petra, Jordan

A gigapan is a ultra-high resolution photograph taken by creating a collage of telephoto photographs.  Here's one I recently took of the "Treasury" at Petra.

http://gigapan.org/gigapans/35859/

Temple of Artemis at Jerash

For a 360 panorama from the interior of this temple, see:

http://www.360cities.net/image/aretemispan-2-panorama

Bethany Beyond the Jordan 1

John 1:28 says that John baptized in "Bethany beyond the Jordan." A Byzantine church was established at the traditional site in the fourth century, and remained active until crusader times, after which it fell into ruins and its location was forgotten. In 1996 excavations uncovered the ruins of this traditional Byzantine Church; the site is now accepted by most scholars as the traditional site of the baptism of Jesus.

A broad view of Bethany beyond the Jordan, with the Mount of Olives in the far distant horizon. The closest building is a Greek Orthodox Church built in 2002.

A bend in the Jordan river and the contemporary Greek Orthodox church.

The Greek Orthodox church of John the Baptist at Bethany beyond the Jordan.

360 Panoramas

I've posted a few new 360 panoramas

The Church of Gethsemane in Jerusalem
http://www.360cities.net/image/gethsemane-1-panorama

The Tomb of Mary in Jerusalem
http://www.360cities.net/image/tombmaryjerusalem

The Siq (canyon) of Petra
http://www.360cities.net/image/petrasiq1

The Treasury of Petra
http://www.360cities.net/image/petratreasury

Church of All Nations (Gethsemane) 5

The central dome over the Rock of Agony depicting the celestial temple with four altars and four gospels/evangelists/cherubim.

The ceiling of the church with the stellar motif symbolic of the night sky (wide angle lens).

Russian Church

The onion domes of the Russian Orthodox Church of Mary Magdelene at sunset.

The Church of All Nations (Gethsemane) 3

A candelabrum, representing the menorah of the Temple, and Christ as the light of the world.

The central dome, representing the celestial temple (from Revelation), with the veil withdrawn to reveal Christ as the Lamb of God on the celestial altar.

The olive trees of the Garden in the starlite night.

The dome displaying the candelabrum (menorah).