Tell Bia

Appearing in "Current Archeology",issue #19. Original image is here
Here is a link to my Tell Bia Gallery with pictures as recent as April 2007.

Dying with elegance 

All the Time Needed

No, it is not just a bug. It is a tiny and delicate creature which is giving every observer free lessons about patience and endurance.

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Navigating Camargues

A little video, with French titles and comments, made on the occasion of a relaxing holiday week with my little family visiting this nice southern part of France, rich in antique remains.


Places visited: Nimes, Uzès, Galician, Carnon, Aigues-Mortes, Grau-du-Roi, Arles

Format Windows WMV:

http://www.zeledi.com/public/video/Camargues2006.wmv

Format DivX:

http://www.zeledi.com/public/video/Camargues2006.divx

Damascus and Hong Kong

Somehow I showed up in a magazine edited in Hong Kong
I was asked for a permission as, for retribution, I would only get a credit. In the end, the resulting selection and composition does look nice. Here they are: www.expression-online.com.

The Splendor of Anarchy

What makes this picture beautiful? Without the slightest hesitation it is the illusory anarchy of a nature that is left to itself. Fortunately this place was tough to reach as it would have otherwise been long straighten up, as everywhere else in Switzerland.

Pictures gallery here

Wonderful Spectacle of Nature near Grasburg

A nice little walk along the Singine river near the Grasburg castle (Bern, Switzerland). The castle istself was not very fancy but climbing down to the river allowed me discovering a spectacle I did not expect finding in this part of Switzerland. In fact, the visual content was so dense that I could keep 40 pictures out of the about 360 shots i have made during about 2 hours.

Most interesting in this time of the year is how the whitness of the snow can highlight some elements on a picture. The delicate constructions nature made with ice were also a pleasure to the eyes.

More pictures on my site: Grasburg Gallery

Separating Religion and Politics

I just read a interesting comment on the internet about the Israeli-Palestinian problem. As it is the first time in a long period that I read something on that topic that somehow gives hints for both a better understanding of the current situation and a possible future solution in just a few sentences, I relay it here:

 

<<< The real problem in the entire region is a lack of belief in the separation of church and state. As long as politics and religion are intertwined, there is absolutely no hope for peace. Human nature dictates that people will NEVER agree on religion. However they can agree on government while agreeing to disagree on religion. Religion must be separate from government or the bloodshed will never stop and it will mean the destruction of the entire middle east (most likely by it's own hands) >>>

 

Posted by rsteele42051 on Sat, Feb 4, 2006 10:53 AM ET

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