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Il Mar Morto è il punto più basso della Terra, per la precisione 417 metri sotto il livello del mare, e la quantità di acqua che vi evapora è maggiore di quella che vi affluisce.
Viene chiamato Mar Morto poiché questa sua elevatissima salinità impedisce l’esistenza di qualsiasi forma di vita acquatica, ma, d’altra parte, risulta essere estremamente salutare per i visitatori, che si avvalgono dei suoi benefici effetti, e tutto questo, ma non solo, rende il Mar Morto un luogo interessante, affascinante e unico, chiamato anche “le terme salutari più profonde del mondo”
The Dead Sea at sunset. The desert landscape during the golden hour. Southern Israel landscape. Winter 2021
I had a strong feeling that fluid of such high viscosity should reflect light in a way which is not done by ordinary Sea/Lake/River water.
For two days I watched sunset from Deadsea Marriott which is more or less at the same level of Deadsea. There was no drama. Unattractive ! My mind told me Drama is happening , it is bound to happen ; it is just my position due to which I can't see it.
While coming back from Madaba I took a different route which is at a higher altitude than Deadsea.
Yes, fluid of Deadsea splits, reflects and absorbs light dramatically and its very different from the sunset over any other water body.
The Dead Sea, Neve Zohar, Israel
How can something dead be dying? In the aquamarine waters of the Dead Sea, just off shore of Neve Zohar, Israel, is a curious sight. Perched on an island of salt around 1km into the sea is a single tree, bare and encrusted in the beautiful desolation. The tree is apparently the work of a local artist, perhaps a comment on the inexorable decline of the Dead Sea by receding water levels. This stitched panorama was taken in early winter after a lively swim and evading some zealous lifeguards.
Until 1948, the oldest manuscripts of the Old Testament dated back to 895 A.D.
However in 1947, a shepard boy discovered some scrolls inside a cave West of the Dead Sea. These manuscripts dated between 100 B.C. and 100 A.D. Over the next decade, more scrolls were found in caves and the discovery became known as the Dead Sea Scrolls. Every book in the Old Testament was represented in this discovery except Esther. Numerous copies of each book was discovered (For example, 25 copies of Deuteronomy).
While there are other items found among the Dead Sea Scrolls not currently in the Old Testament, the OT items that were found have few discrepancies to the versions from the Tenth Century. While not perfect, this is our best measuring stick to how accurate the Jewish scribes were throughout the centuries.