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| <em>image by [mailto:p.g.vande.haar@freeler.nl Peter van de Haar], Netherlands</em></p> | | <em>image by [mailto:p.g.vande.haar@freeler.nl Peter van de Haar], Netherlands</em></p> |
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− | In many parts of the Near East, creators and vendors of each type of product cluster together, often along a narrow street, within the market or souq. Here is the metal souq; I have seen scenes similiar to this is Cairo, Beruit and Istanbul, but Peter van de Haar recently captured this view in Tripoli, Libya. Peter comments, <em>I encountered a street where people were making moons!</em> The crescent shape is emblemic of many Islamic societies, occuring on the flags of more than a dozen Muslim nations. The Moon, almost always represented as a cresecent, has been worshipped in the Near East for thousands of years and Muslims today start each new month by visually [http://www.hilal-sighting.com/ sighting] the 1-3 day old crescent. Everyday LPOD celebrates the Moon as a physcial place, and strives to increase our scientific understanding of it. These wondrous metal moons remind us that our faithful orb has had a powerful emotional effect on humans long before the coming of science. </p> | + | In many parts of the Near East, creators and vendors of each type of product cluster together, often along a narrow street, within the market or souq. Here is the metal souq; I have seen scenes similiar to this is Cairo, Beruit and Istanbul, but Peter van de Haar recently captured this view in Tripoli, Libya. Peter comments, <em>I encountered a street where people were making moons!</em> The crescent shape is emblemic of many Islamic societies, occuring on the flags of more than a dozen Muslim nations. The Moon, almost always represented as a cresecent, has been worshipped in the Near East for thousands of years and Muslims today start each new month by visually [http://www.hilal-sighting.com/ sighting] the 1-3 day old crescent. Everyday LPOD celebrates the Moon as a physical place, and strives to increase our scientific understanding of it. These wondrous metal moons remind us that our faithful orb has had a powerful emotional effect on humans long before the coming of science. </p> |
| <p>[mailto:tychocrater@yahoo.com Chuck Wood]</p> | | <p>[mailto:tychocrater@yahoo.com Chuck Wood]</p> |
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