It was only much later that it jumped to my mind: this was a replay of an earlier expedition in South-Africa !
| Nederlands | Falling Rocks in Jordan |
| Desert Highway, 16.IV.2004 | ||
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Jordan comes as a real challenge to the road-sign collector.
Even as it is a small country you would arrive nowhere if you called for a stop for
yet another falling rock sign that pops-up before the windshield. You would probably
end up next to one of the study objects staring at the bus disappearing below the
horizon. I thus leaned out of the window and put my faith in my camera's autofocus.
And in the second team that cruised Jordan at the same time.
Busy point-and-clicking I suffered of an eerie feeling.
It wasn't like being at home (see Men at work);
it was more like a déja-vu. But I couldn't put my finger on it.
It was only much later that it jumped to my mind: this was a replay of an earlier expedition in South-Africa ! |
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| Desert Highway, Aqaba, 16.IV.2004 | Wadi al Mujib, 29.XII.2000; pict. Baeten & De Dier |
Dana - Tafila, IV.2004; pict. Vanacker & Kesteleyn |
| All Falling Rock signs on the Desert Highway
are identical and of the South-African kind. Inexperienced
readers may think of the UK-breed, but a quick
look-up will reveal the differences in the numbers and position of the boulders.
A UK-sign counts three pebbles, one big stone, then again three small ones and
ends with one huge boulder.
All finds of this panel were mounted on their sides. I've explained a probable reason in the text about Armenia. |
Many of the other rock-signs are also inspired
by South-Africa, I think. Though the number of stones
has dropped from seven to five. Enjoy the diversity.
It's particularly refreshing to look at the behaviour of the cliff. It starts as a straight wall and at the end develops waves like a sea under Beaufort 12. |
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| Ajloun - Jerash, IV.2004; pict. Vanacker & Kesteleyn |
Dead Sea region, IV.2004; pict. Vanacker & Kesteleyn |
Amman region; XII.2000; pict. Baeten & De Dier |
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| Jerash - Amman, 11.IV.2004 | Jerash - Amman, 11.IV.2004 | Jerash - Amman, 11.IV.2004 |
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| Dana, 14.IV.2004 | Wadi al Mujib, 29.XII.2000; pict. Baeten & De Dier |
Wadi al Mujib, 29.XII.2000; pict. Baeten & De Dier |
| Then comes a batch of warning signs featuring four boulders. I have no similar finds from other countries, so they are probably locally drawn. Notice the diversity. |
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| Little Petra, 14.IV.2004 | Wadi Al Mujib, IV.2004; pict. Vanacker & Kesteleyn |
Amman region, 11.IV.2004 |
| The last rows show still another family of Jordanian rock-signs, characterised by a small number of huge stones of which one already hit the ground. This is a rather uncommon feature in Falling Rock signs. The panel in the center is also found in Sweden. | The Amman sign with only two stones is very peculiar. The only other warning signs with so few were found in Belgium (Liège) and Scotland. |
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| X.2004; pict. H. De Meyer | X.2004; pict. H. De Meyer |
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| More roadsigns from Jordan: Men at work - Children's crossing |