Submarine features at the Dead Sea shoreline
by Djamil Al-Halbouni, Deutsches Geoforschungszentrum, Potsdam, Germany
Aerial photo of the shoreline of the Dead Sea, taken from 150 m altitude by a ground controlled Helium balloon. Above surface, a canyon system carries colorful sediments into the lake. Under the surface however elliptically shaped submarine forms, springs or salt-accumulations appear.
Taken on 21
October
2014
Submitted on 13 April 2016
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- Asia (988)
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- Jordan (53)
- Exact location (35.5298 E, 31.3230 N)
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