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Killer Sea

            The name Dead Sea is actually a kinder, gentler translation from the Hebrew name Yam ha Maved, which means, Killer Sea.

The surface is 422 m below sea level. It is 378 m deep and its salinity is 33.7%, almost six times as salty as the ocean. It gets saltier with increasing depth. Salt precipitates out and piles up on the bottom of the sea. The only creatures living in or near the water are several types of bacteria and one type of algae that have adapted to harsh life in the waters.

The reason why the water here is so salty is that no rivers drain out of the Dead Sea. The only way water gets out of the sea is through evaporation. This part of the world is pretty hot and water evaporates rapidly.

Biblically, the Dead Sea area was a place of refuge for King David.

Dead Sea, Israel (Wednesday 24 November 2010 @ 3:43pm).

ISO100 | f/8 | 1/80 sec | 17-40mm @ 32mm | AWB | raw | CPL | 12 x portrait stitch (PTGui)

Taken in: الأردن / عمان (show map)

Taken on: November 24, 2010

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Dead Sea

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