Play SlideshowSome Column Details; Ancient Jerash, Jordan
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After many centuries, a single Roman column continues to stand against a cloudless sky; Jerash (Gerasa), Jordan. January 2009.
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Falling away; Roman column detail; Jerash, Jordan. January 2009.
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Weak point; column detail; Jerash, Jordan. January 2009.
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Appearing to rise from among the foreground rocks; a Roman column; Jerash, Jordan. January 2009.
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Fallen, broken capital; Temple of Artemis area; Jerash, Jordan. January 2009.
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Where a wall ends and an off-center column continues to stand; Jerash, Jordan. January 2009.
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Detail; Roman column crowned with the leaves for all seasons; Jerash, Jordan. January 2009.
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The well-worn elegance of a column capital; Jerash, Jordan. January 2009.
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Column capital detail; Jerash, Jordan. January 2009.
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Slightly wider view; column capital detail; Jerash, Jordan. January 2009.
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Battered for about two millennia by weather, wind and the occassional earthquake, these columns still stand; however tenuously; Jerash, Jordan. January 2009.
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Balancing act as the remains of ancient columns teeter in the foreground while in the distance lies modern-day Jerash, Jordan. January 2009.
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Still others stand in continuing defiance of wind and gravity; Jerash, Jordan. January 2009.
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Some Column Details; Ancient Jerash, Jordan