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23-08-22 06:10 pm ಫೋಟೊ

The shrinking Dead Sea

An aerial picture shows land that used to be covered with Dead Sea water, near Jericho in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Visitors explore a salt formation in the Dead Sea near Ein Bokek. The Dead Sea is a favorite spot for tourists, who enjoy floating effortlessly in its highly salted waters and treating their skin with the mineral-rich mud that lines its shores. An aerial picture shows land that used to be covered with Dead Sea water, near Jericho in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. A warning sign stands near the shore of the Dead Sea due to the increased risk of sink holes in an area in Ein Gedi, Israel. The Dead Sea is shrinking, and as its waters vanish at a rate of more than one meter a year, hundreds of sinkholes, some the size of a basketball court, some two storeys deep, are devouring land where the shoreline once stood.