Sinkhole sideview from an aerial survey at the Dead Sea shoreline
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Sinkhole sideview from an aerial survey at the Dead Sea shoreline

by Djamil Al-Halbouni, GEOMAR - Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research, Kiel, Germany

An alternative angle-of-view shows the fascinating sinkholes and stream channel structures that appear at the Dead Sea shoreline. The photo, taken from a helium balloon during strong winds, shows the Moab mountains in the background and sinkholes on lots of scales related to subsurface discharge.