Dead Sea at Ein Bokek Area (死海)
Date: April 8, 2013
The Hebrew name of Dead Sea is "Yam Hamelach" which means "sea of salt." It is the lowest surface on earth. When I studied geography of the land of Old Testament in 1975, the level of Dead Sea I memorized was 1292 feet below sea level. Now the level of Dead Sea is 1300 feet (400 meters) below sea level. The lost of water is due to channelling of water from its source for irrigation and also due to evaporation that draws twice the amount of water comparing to that entering from the north. This also makes the Dead Sea famous for high concentration of minerals and people can literally sit on the water.
The photos below were taken in the evening time at Ein Bokek which is a tourist resort area. The sand storm was still on and thus we could not see the Eastern Plateau on the other side of Dead Sea; even the Central Highland was not clear from where we were at (west coast of Dead Sea).
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