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Stunning aerial photo shows Jerusalem's Temple Mount from Jordan's Machaerus Fortress

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Stunning aerial photo shows Jerusalem's Temple Mount from Jordan's Machaerus Fortress

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A remarkable aerial photograph taken by Arab photographer Muhammad Frasini from Machaerus Fortress in Jordan captures the Temple Mount in Jerusalem across the Dead Sea and Judean Desert — a distance of roughly 44 kilometers (27 miles).

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A striking wide-angle photograph from Machaerus Fortress (Jordan) shows Jerusalem's Temple Mount as a distinct silhouette on the horizon, roughly 44 km west-northwest across the Dead Sea and Judean Desert. The image, taken by Arab photographer Muhammad Frasini, was published on social media and posted to reports's the source. The fortress, built by Herod the Great and later a Hasmonean-era site, sits on the eastern side of the Dead Sea and offers a rare glimpse of the Jerusalem skyline from Jordanian territory. There is no known prior report by The Zioneer on this specific image.

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