Members THE DEAD SEA IS DYING

The level of the Dead Sea is receding—slowly but inevitably—more than one meter per year.

By Israel Today Staff |

 This beautiful desert landscape at the lowest place on earth, a testimony to God’s judgment at Sodom and Gomorrah, could be lost forever.

 

So far, every attempt by the Israeli government and environmental organizations to stop the evaporation of the healing, mineral-rich saltwater has failed. The source of the problem is the growing population in the arid Middle East...

STALACTITES OF SALT A grotto on still waters
1 / 6 STALACTITES OF SALT A grotto on still waters
A MUD BATH is good therapy for the skin
2 / 6 A MUD BATH is good therapy for the skin Photo: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90
WHAT A FLIP! Orthodox Jews turn things upside down
3 / 6 WHAT A FLIP! Orthodox Jews turn things upside down Photo: Nati Shohat/Flash90
SHADES OF GRAY at twilight
4 / 6 SHADES OF GRAY at twilight Photo: Maxim Dinshtein/FLASH90
ON THE ROCKS at sunset
5 / 6 ON THE ROCKS at sunset Photo: Edi Israel/Flash90
BEACON LIGHTS for the other wayfarers
6 / 6 BEACON LIGHTS for the other wayfarers Photo: Edi Israel/Flash90
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