top of a small canyon in the judean desert in israel

adaptation airstrip arad barren bed beige biblical blue botany brown bush canyon chert copy desert desertscape dry east ecology environment extreme flint foreground geology geomorphology harsh hiking hills hirsuta holy israel land landscape limestone middle mitnan nature near off outdoor pale photo plant richerson road rocky rolling rural sarit shaggy shrub sky small space sparrowwort sparse stream survival terrain thymelaea touring travel trees vegetation wadi xerophytic