Hot air balloons flying over fields near Luxor, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Reflections in the sacred lake of the temple, obelisks and palm trees at Karnak, near Luxor, Thebes, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Temple of Karnak, near Luxor, Thebes, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Hypostyle hall, Temple of Karnak, near Luxor, Thebes, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Obelisks, Temple of Karnak, near Luxor, Thebes, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Obelisk, Temple of Karnak, near Luxor, Thebes, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Temple of Karnak with Obelisk of Tuthmosis dating from the 15th century BC, Karnak, near Luxor, Thebes, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Sacred Lake, Temples of Karnak, Karnak, near Luxor, Thebes, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Obelisk, Karnak Temples, Karnak, near Luxor, Thebes, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Hypostyle hall, Temple of Karnak, near Luxor, Thebes, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Obelisk, Temple of Karnak, near Luxor, Thebes, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Temple of Karnak, near Luxor, Thebes, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Hypostyle hall, Temple of Karnak, near Luxor, Thebes, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Ram headed sphinxes, Temple of Karnak, near Luxor, Thebes, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Ceiling of the hypostyle hall, Temple of Karnak, near Luxor, Thebes, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Obelisk, Temple of Karnak, near Luxor, Thebes, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Obelisk and hypostyle hall, Temple of Karnak, near Luxor, Thebes, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Hypostyle hall, Temple of Karnak, near Luxor, Thebes, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Avenue of Rams leading to temple precinct, Karnak, near Luxor, Thebes, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Ram headed sphinxes, Temple of Karnak, near Luxor, Thebes, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Temple of Karnak, near Luxor, Thebes, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Hot air balloon suspended over green fields and palm trees near Luxor, Thebes, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Alabaster sphinx, Karnak, near Luxor, Thebes, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Temple of Karnak, near Luxor, Thebes, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Temple of Karnak, near Luxor, Thebes, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Temple of Karnak, near Luxor, Thebes, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Temple of Karnak, near Luxor, Thebes, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Hot air balloons suspended over green fields and palm trees near Luxor, Thebes, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Transit of Venus, June 8, 2004, from Luxor, Egypt. A single image taken near mid-transit. Taken with a Sony DSC-V1 digital camera shooting afocally through a 40mm eyepiece and on a 90mm apochromatic refractor, equatorially mounted and driven. Shot thru a Baader solar filter, which gives a white Sun. Yellow coloration added in Photoshop.

Rising hot air balloons above the temple of Hatshepsut on the banks of the Nile, near Luxor, Egypt, Africa

Hot air balloon, balloon glow in the early morning hours near Luxor, Egypt, Africa

Balloon ride, hot air balloon ride near the Valley of the Kings near Luxor and Thebes, Upper Egypt, Egypt, Africa

Feluccas, traditional sailboats on the Nile near Luxor, Egypt, Africa

Artwork inside the Tomb of Nefertari, Valley of the Queens, near Luxor, Egypt, Luxor, Egypt

Close-up view of the hieroglyphics on the columns of the Great Hypostyle Hall in the Karnak Temple Complex near Luxor, Precinct of Amun-Re, Luxor, Egypt

Mortuary temple of Hatshepsut showing wall painting detailed mural inside Queen Hatshepsut Temple in Valley of the Kings near Luxor, Egypt, Egypt

Mortuary temple of Hatshepsut showing statues of the Pharaoh near Luxor in Egypt, Egypt

Close-up view of the hieroglyphics on the columns of the Great Hypostyle Hall, reaching up towards the blue sky in the Karnak Temple Complex near Luxor, Precinct of Amun-Re, Luxor, Egypt

A Glass Of Turkish Coffee Sits By A Sheesha In A Small Village Near Luxor, Egypt

Aerial view of the Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir al-Bahri in the Valley of the Kings, near Luxor; Egypt

Artwork inside the Tomb of Nefertari, Valley of the Queens, near Luxor, Egypt, Luxor, Egypt

Close-up of bas-relief hieroglyphics painted on the walls of the Royal Tomb of Ramses IV, Valley of the Kings, Thebes, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Egypt, North Africa, Africa