Former shoreline of the Dead Sea
Djamil Al-Halbouni
GEOMAR - Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research, Kiel, Germany
The retreat of the Dead Sea leaves salt-rich former shorelines that have been captured by aerial photography with a helium balloon. The shallow water can be seen on the far lower right of the image. The current lake-level in dec. 2016 is at 430 m below mean sea level.
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Reuse
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0) (opens in a new window)Credit: Djamil Al-Halbouni (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)
Properties
Type
Image
Format
JPG
Size
7.3 MB
Width
4928 px
Height
3264 px
Aspect
77:51
Brand
Pentax
Model
GR
Exposure
14 mm f/5.6 1/1500 s ISO 100
Software
Irfanview
Taken
21 October 2014
Coordinates
31.3334, 35.5378
Tint
Light brownish gray
Submitted
3 February 2017
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