There are many photos on the internet of the Kaaba during the pilgrimage, but this one, because of the time of day and play of shadows, suggests redemption and judgment, light and dark, lost and found. By the way, I posted all these pictures of hajj because I am about to travel to Saudi Arabia over break, not because I am Muslim:)
This man is praying atop Noor mountain at sunrise overlooking Mecca. How incredible are the silhouettes, sunrise colors, and city lights in this photo? It was just the right time of day and just the right exposure time to make it look like this man has arisen early even as the city has not yet gone to sleep.
Muslims wrote and touch the Jabal al-Rahma pillar on Mount Arafat in Saudi Arabia. I have never seen anything made this black with writing. It's even neater once you realize it's in Arabic. The writing makes me want to unlayer the writing and look at individual names and religious messages, decipher what people were thinking as they came to this holiest of holy sites.
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