Hole in a hole in a hole..
by Djamil Al-Halbouni, GEOMAR - Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research, Kiel, Germany
The Dead Sea sinkholes are a phenomenon caused by dissolution and subsurface material erosion. Here a drone captured the nested sinkholes as a consequence of the shrinking of the Dead Sea.
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- Oceans & Seas (131)
- Atlantic Ocean (102)
- Others (50)
- Landlocked Seas (5)
- Dead Sea (5)
- Exact location (35.5461 E, 31.3759 N)
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Dji FC300X
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November
2016
Submitted on 30 January 2018
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Djamil Al-Halbouni (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)
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