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I haven’t visited it yet, but I’ve spent quite a few evenings admiring it from a balcony in the <em>Khalda</em> neighborhood of West Amman.</p> <p></p> <p><em>Technical: Nikon D3100, ten-second exposure time, post processed from RAW with <a href="https://www.darktable.org/">darktable</a>.</em></p> <h4>Translations</h4> <ul> <li> <a href="https://picturingjordan.com/bg/2016/10/king-hussein-mosque-night/">bg: Джамията „Крал Хюсеин“ през нощта</a> </li> </ul> <hr> <footer> <section> <h4>Share</h4> <nav class="nav sharing-icons"> <a class="nav-item" href="https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3a%2f%2fpicturingjordan.com%2f2016%2f09%2fking-hussein-mosque-night%2f" title="Share on Facebook"><span class="fa fa-facebook fa-2x" aria-hidden="true"></span></a> <a class="nav-item" href="https://plus.google.com/share?url=https%3a%2f%2fpicturingjordan.com%2f2016%2f09%2fking-hussein-mosque-night%2f" title="Share on Google+"><span class="fa fa-google-plus fa-2x" aria-hidden="true"></span></a> <a class="nav-item" href="https://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https%3a%2f%2fpicturingjordan.com%2f2016%2f09%2fking-hussein-mosque-night%2f" title="Share on LinkedIn"><span class="fa fa-linkedin fa-2x" aria-hidden="true"></span></a> <a class="nav-item" href="https://twitter.com/home?status=https%3a%2f%2fpicturingjordan.com%2f2016%2f09%2fking-hussein-mosque-night%2f" title="Tweet this"><span class="fa fa-twitter fa-2x"></span></a> </nav> </section> </footer> </article> </div> <!-- /.blog-main --> <aside class="col-sm-3 offset-sm-1 blog-sidebar"> <section class="sidebar-module sidebar-module-inset"> <h4>About</h4> <p><em>Picturing Jordan</em>, sharing Jordan with the world — one picture at a time.<br><br><a href="/about">Read more →</a></p> </section> <section class="sidebar-module"> <h4>Recent Posts</h4> <ol class="list-unstyled"> <li><a href="/2017/02/sleep-chalet-dead-sea/">Sleep in a Chalet at the Dead Sea</a></li> <li><a href="/2017/01/dome-of-the-rock/">The Dome of the Rock</a></li> <li><a href="/2016/12/grandeur-petra/">The Grandeur of Petra</a></li> <li><a href="/2016/12/kanafeh-classy-palestinian-dessert/">Kanafeh: the Classy Palestinian Dessert</a></li> <li><a href="/2016/11/red-orange-yellow-rice-bab-al-yemen/">Red, Orange, and Yellow Rice at Bab al-Yemen</a></li> </ol> </section> <section class="sidebar-module"> <h4>Links</h4> <ol class="list-unstyled"> <li><a href="https://alaninkenya.org">Alan in Kenya</a></li> <li><a href="https://englishbulgaria.net">English Bulgaria</a></li> <li><a href="https://mjanja.ch">Mjanja Tech</a></li> </ol> </section> </aside> </div> <!-- /.row --> </div> <!-- /.container --> <footer class="blog-footer"> <p> Except where otherwise noted, content on this site is licensed under a <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/">Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license</a>. </p> <p> <a href="#">Back to top</a> </p> </footer> </body> </html>