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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 old castle of Machaerus lies less than 20 km southwest of Madaba at the King's Highway on a stark promontory (720 m), overlooking the Dead Sea and protected on three sides by deep ravines. This dramatic hilltop is the traditional site of the execution of John the Baptist.
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Machaerus war eine Burg Herodes des Großen. Die Burganlage liegt auf einem kegelförmigen Berg östlich des Toten Meeres im heutigen Jordanien in der Nähe der alten Weihrauchstraße. Hier soll der biblischen Überlieferung nach Johannes der Täufer enthauptet worden sein.
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Ich war oben, der Anstieg zur Burg ist steil, und das war bei über 30 Grad schon anstrengend. Von der Burg stehen nur spärliche Mauerreste, der Blick ins Land und auf das Tote Meer ist aber ein Traum.
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.
...And yet we belong
to the moon and when the ponds
open, when the burning
begins the most
thoughtful among us dreams
of hurrying down
into the black petals
into the fire,
into the night where time lies shattered
into the body of another.