The Entrance of Champions:
This is the entrance to the hippodrome at Caesarea Maritima. A hippodrome is the place where the chariot races were, like in Ben Hur. You can still see the outline of the racetrack in the sand.
Standing in the middle of the track, I could easily imagine the horses pulling the chariots around, people cheering, flags flying in the ocean breeze… it must have been quite a show. Afterwards, the hippodrome was cut in half and this side was used as a theatre for gladiatorial competitions.
This is of course an HDR, as it would have been impossible to get the lovely sky and sand combined with the grit of the rocks without it.
