A surveyer takes measurements of the dome, while the channels that await the decorative elements have been installed.
Some of the over 1 million pilgrims who visit the Holy Sepulchre each year continue to pass underneath, unaware of the developments on the platform above.
At night, the scaffold, lights and evening sky combine to create a surreal scene of rich blues and golds.
The smaller dome above now has a platform of its own, to ease access to the skylight section known as the lantern of the rotunda.
Above the second dome platform, in the lantern a workman works on the drum of the lantern. The whole lantern section was carefully checked for structural problems and fully refurbished.
