Sunrise over the ancient city of Balis, on the edge of the Euphrates river in northern Syria.

Dusk shot at the base of the Eiffel Tower.

The walkway to a dock out into the salt marsh along the South Carolina coast.

This is a Roman waterwheel.

This wheel is easily 30ft in diameter. It's purpose is to lift water up and deposit it into the aqueducts, where it flows out to the houses and fountains.

Inside a nut roasting business along the "straight street" in Damascus.

The bike parked outside the Umyaad Mosque, seems like it had lived many lives.

This sculpture is on a square near the waterfront in Quebec City. I caught this at just before sunset, after a light rain.

A very overcast and rainy day on the waterfront in Charleston, SC.

5th century basilica at Qasr Mashabbak. The gentleman in front was one of the goat herders living nearby.

This partially restored structure in the ruins of Emar is the temple of Ba'al -- the god who ruled over all the other gods. When built, stone lions sat on either side of the entrance.

A smaller temple that sat along side it was the temple of Ishtarte -- goddess of fertility, love, and war.

Palmyra was a large city formed around an oasis -- where water and date palms could be found in the dessert. It was a major stop on the spice road across Asia.

The image on the left is a funerary temple. The one on the right is one of the earliest records of women with their faces covered. It's believed to be a symbol of nobility -- they'd hide their features from the common masses, who were not good enough to look upon them.