Dead Sea

by Nicolas Waldmann, Department of Marine Geosciences, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel

The hypersaline Dead Sea lake is shrinking at a rate of ~1m per year. Karstic sinkhole features develop in its abandoned shores.

Taken on 3 May 2012
Submitted on 28 Feb 2016

4320 × 1994 px; image/jpeg; 1.6 MB
Camera: Canon PowerShot SX210 IS

Credit: Nicolas Waldmann (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)

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