Israel’s Makhtesh Ramon (Ramon Crater) in the southern Negev Desert has been designated an International Dark Sky Park, which is a location with almost no light pollution that is ideal for observing the night sky.  The area is also home to Tel Aviv University’s stellar observatory.

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Thousands of visitors came to the Ramon crater in southern Israel to watch and enjoy the most amazing Perseid meteor shower, which reached its peak overnight Monday with more than 100 meteors per hour. The spectacular show occurs when the Earth moves through the trail of material left behind by the comet Swift-Tuttle every August.

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A team of six Israeli researchers completed an experiment designed to mimic a mission to the surface of Mars. The experiment took place in southern Israel in the Ramon Crater, where conditions are analogous to those found on the Red Planet.

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