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Israeli version of Yosemite's Horsetail Falls Firefall
January 02, 2022 05:52PM
Is That a Burning Bush? Is This Mt. Sinai? Solstice Bolsters a Claim
By Isabel Kershner NYTimes
Dec. 31, 2021Updated 8:31 a.m. ET

On the year’s shortest day, hundreds of Israelis ventured deep into the desert to witness a strange natural phenomenon atop an ancient pilgrimage site that some argue is where God spoke to Moses.

... In 2003, a local Israeli guide and ecologist happened to be atop Karkom’s vast plateau one day in late December around the time of the winter solstice, when he came upon a marvel.
At midday, with the sun low in the sky on one of the shortest days of the year, he peered across a deep ravine and spotted a strange aura of light, flickering like flames, emanating from a spot on a sheer rock face.


https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/31/world/middleeast/israel-mount-sinai-burning-bush.html
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