Dead Sea (IMAGE)

Geological Society of America

Dead Sea

Caption

Aerial photograph of the Dead Sea western shore. Parallel paleo shorelines show the intense water level drop (currently about 1 m per year). Salt (halite) actively precipitating from the water column gives this light blue color to the lake.

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Photography courtesy of the International Continental scientific Drilling Program.

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Photography courtesy of the International Continental scientific Drilling Program.

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