Dead Sea - Gallery

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  • Israeli highway beside the Dead Sea

  • Jordanian highway along the Dead Sea coast

  • Twisty coastline

  • Coastline (from Israel)

  • A rough Dead Sea, with salt deposits on cliffs

  • Dead Sea northern coast (Jordan)

  • Located in Jordan, this sign diagrams the topography of Jordan, the West Bank, Israel, and the Mediterranean Sea.

  • Dead Sea at dawn (from Sodom mountain, Israel)

  • Dead Sea at dusk (from Suwayma, Jordan)

  • Dead Sea at dusk (from Mövenpick Resort Dead Sea, Jordan)

  • A tourist demonstrates the unusual buoyancy caused by high salinity

  • Many people believe that the mud of the Dead Sea has special healing and cosmetic uses.

  • Sinkholes at Mineral Beach

  • Cobble encrusted with halite evaporated from the Dead Sea near Ein Gedi

  • Dead Sea from Masada

  • Line painted in 1900 (at top of image) by Robert A.S. Macalister of the Palestine Exploration Fund showing the level of the Dead Sea

  • The Dead Sea region

  • Dead Sea seen from Jordan

  • Panorama of the Dead Sea from Masada, facing northeast. The area between the two is visible, as well as Jordan in the background.

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