Israel's Negev Desert Blooms with Spring Color

Thanks to tender loving care and the methodical cultivation of this formerly arid soil, flaming fields of red anemones now carpet what was until recently sand dunes and wasteland.

(Carpets of red anemone grace the Negev Desert)

Some of this land is delicately fed by the waters of the Gerar, a stream whose existence archaeologists have dated back to 1200 BCE. The nearby wells have been used continuously for thousands of years.

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