Still Playing with Fire After All These Years, photograph by Joshua Miller.

On the beach in Tel Aviv, Israel, a fire-juggler pauses to listen to a didjeridoo.

NightFlames, photograph by Joshua Miller.

Flames from fire-performers on the beach light up the Tel Aviv night.

For other photos of fire-performers on the beach of Tel Aviv, click “more.”

Balancing Act, photograph by Joshua Miller.

Circles of Flame, photograph by Joshua Miller.

Almost Burned, photograph by Joshua Miller.

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Israel at 59: Playing with Fire, photograph by Joshua Miller.

A man shows off his fire-spinning skills in an impromptu performance at a large street party in Tel Aviv, Israel on Yom Ha’atzmaout, Israeli Independence Day. Thousands of people descended on Florentin Street in southern Tel Aviv for a boisterous party in the street that pulsed on, techno music thumping, until the early hours of the morning. All over Israel people celebrate that their country, against all odds, has survived — and prospered — for 59 years.

Two other photos from the street party:

Faqu’a, photograph by Joshua Miller.

The Palestinian village of Faqu’a, as seen from Har Barkan, is pictured with the controversial separation fence in the foreground. Faqu’a, a village with about 3,200 residents, is located in the northeast corner of the West Bank. (For a larger version of this photo, click here. For a more detailed photograph of a nearby portion of the separation fence, click here.)

For an interesting take on the separation fence, check out this Op-Ed in the New York Times.

green and blue, photograph by Joshua Miller.

A gust of wind blows blades of grass near Israel’s border with Lebanon, at Hok Akhziv Nature Reserve near Rosh Hanikra, Israel.

Old City of Acre, photograph by Joshua Miller.

At the Old City of Acre, a fisherman ties a lure on his line as a little boy looks on. Tourists mingle at the port in the background as two kids play in the water.

The Old City of Acre is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. UNESCO’s description of Acre:

Acre is a historic walled port-city with continuous settlement from the Phoenician period. The present city is characteristic of a fortified town dating from the Ottoman 18th and 19th centuries, with typical urban components such as the citadel, mosques, khans and baths. The remains of the Crusader town, dating from 1104 to 1291, lie almost intact, both above and below today’s street level, providing an exceptional picture of the layout and structures of the capital of the medieval Crusader kingdom of Jerusalem.

In Acre there is also an outdoor market with vendors selling everything from toy guns to goats’ heads. For a photo of the market butcher shop, goats heads and all, click “more.”

The going price for a goat’s head was 39 Shekels (a little less than $10).

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Wired, photograph by Joshua Miller.

Wires run up a cliff face at Rosh Hanikra on the border with Lebanon.

On Alert, photograph by Joshua Miller.

Near the border with Lebanon, an IDF soldier on a lunch break visually scans the area before he sits down to eat his falafel.

navyship, photograph by Joshua Miller.

An Israeli gunship patrols the Israel-Lebanon border at Rosh Hanikra.

Bright yellow buoys (not pictured) delineate the border between the two countries on the Mediterranean Sea. The buoys marking the line between Israeli waters and Lebanese waters extend to horizon — and perhaps beyond.

jump, photograph by Joshua Miller.

A teenager jumps off a wall into the water at the port of Acre (Akko) in northern Israel.

Friends Close, Enemies Closer, photograph by Joshua Miller.

The Rosh Hanikra border crossing between Israel and Lebanon, eerily quiet, sits unused on 10 March 2007.

new and old, photograph by Joshua Miller.

A car and a horse-drawn carriage move down Herbert Samuel Promenade, near the beach, in Tel Aviv, Israel on 04 March 2007. Taken with a Lomographic 35mm Fisheye camera.

synagogue, photograph by Joshua Miller.

The Cymbalista Synagogue and Jewish Heritage Center on the campus of Tel Aviv Univeristy reflects the afternoon sun on 28 February 2007. Taken with a Lomographic 35mm Fisheye camera.

tracks at night, photograph by Joshua Miller.

A night view of a Tel Aviv beach taken on 24 February 2007. The lights in the background are the port city of Jaffa.

rays of light, photograph by Joshua Miller.

A man plays with his dog on the beach in Tel Aviv, Israel on 15 February 2007.