Jordan Rift Valley - Dead Sea (southern) |
Interesting white rock formations near the southern end of the Dead Sea, Jordan Rift Valley |
Intersection of Highway 25 and Highway 90, the lowest road in the world, which follows the western shore of the Dead Sea |
19 km to the Dead Sea, 143 km to Jerusalem via Highway 90 |
Jordan Rift Valley |
Rocky outcropping with some greenery at a rest area along Highway 90 |
Turn right for the Sedom Resort |
Dead Sea Works at the far southern end of the Dead Sea |
Dead Sea Works - extraction of potash and other minerals via evaporation of Dead Sea water |
Dead Sea Works, Israel |
Pipes leading to the Dead Sea Works |
Minerals recovered by the Dead Sea Works |
White cliffs along the Dead Sea |
Mt Sodom (of and Gomorrah fame) and Wadi Perazim |
The track to Mt. Sodom and Wadi Perazim |
The track to Mt. Sodom and Wadi Perazim |
The track to Mt. Sodom and Wadi Perazim |
Judean Desert Nature Reserve, Jordan Rift Valley, Southern Dead Sea |
Left to Wadi Perazim, Right to Mt. Sedom |
Ami'az Plateau, Judean Desert Nature Reserve, Israel |
The desert track up to the Mt Sodom lookout |
Evaporation ponds of the Dead Sea Works to the south of the actual Dead Sea |
Mineral evaporation ponds produce millions of tons of potash for Israel and Jordan |
Looking across the Dead Sea Works evaporation pools to Jordan |
Climbing Mt Sodom |
Mt Sodom |
Moab Mountains of Jordan named on the information sign at the Mt Sodom overlook |
Mineral evaporation ponds, Southern Dead Sea |
View from Mt Sodom |
Stairs leading up Mt Sodom |
Mt Sodom |
...no problem going up to the view point in a regular car... |
Mt Sodom lookout |
Mt Sodom marker |
Mt Sodom marker |
Looking west from Mt Sodom |
Judean Desert Nature Reserve, Jordan Rift Valley |
Descending Mt Sodom |
Descending Mt Sodom |
Back on the Highway 90 heading north along the western shore of the Dead Sea |
Lot's Wife - "Look not behind you" ... oops...she turned into a pillar of salt |
"Lot's Wife" - a prominent stone formation at the base of Mt Sodom |
Cave below "Lot's Wife" |
Cave below "Lot's Wife" |
Cave below "Lot's Wife" |
Cave below "Lot's Wife" |
Cave below "Lot's Wife" |
Another route up Mt Sodom |
Cliffs along the southern Dead Sea |
Cliffs along the southern Dead Sea |
Israeli naval vessel on the shore of the Dead Sea by Neve Zohar. History? |
Israeli gas station, Neve Zohar, Dead Sea |
En Boqeq Zohar Spa, Dead Sea |
Leonardo Club, En Boqeq, Dead Sea |
Leonardo Plaza, En Boqeq, Dead Sea |
The En Boqeq hotel strip is actually along the evaporation pools, not the actual Dead Sea |
Isrotel Dead Sea, En Boqeq |
Highway 90 along the Israeli shore of the Dead Sea |
The Dead Sea, En Boqeq |
Royal Hotel and Oasis Hotel, En Boqeq |
En Boqeq, Dead Sea |
Spa Club, En Boqeq, Dead Sea |
Royal, En Boqeq, Dead Sea |
Wadi Boqeq |
En Boqeq Zohar Spa, Dead Sea |
Crowne Plaza, En Boqeq |
Le Meridien David, En Boqeq |
En Boqeq Shopping Center |
Israeli McDonalds, En Boqeq |
Dead Sea at En Boqeq (mineral evaporation pools south of the actual Dead Sea) |
Dead Sea at En Boqeq (mineral evaporation pools south of the actual Dead Sea) |
There's probably something to keep you from walking to Jordan... |
The Dead Sea north of En Boqeq |
Stone sculpture along the shore north of En Boqeq |
Dead Sea with a stone sculpture along the shore north of En Boqeq |
Stone sculpture, Dead Sea (inscription translation?) |
Dead Sea with a stone sculpture along the shore north of En Boqeq |
Highway 90 along the Dead Sea canal which feeds the mineral evaporation pools |
Israeli stop sign - no words |
Highway 90 along the Dead Sea - road signs for Jerusalem and Eilat |
Highway 90 along the Dead Sea, Jordan Rift Valley |
Unusual Hebrew-only road sign, Highway 90 |
Bar Yehuda Airport, the world's lowest runway, Metzada, Israel, is at altitude -1,262 feet MSL |
Cessna 172 (4X-CGI) and Cessna 310 (4X-CIO) at the Bar Yehuda (LLMZ) airport |
Wow...a UAE flag in Israel (Bar Yehuda)...huwuddathought... |
Israeli flag with memorial for Yaniv Nissan, "Lion's Body, Bird's soul, Stunning smile", Dead Sea |
Dead Sea shore |
Qibbuz En Gedi |
The Dead Sea at En Gedi, Israel |
Mountains of Jordan across the Dead Sea from En Gedi, Israel |
En Gedi |
En Gedi National Park, Israel |
Dead Sea, En Gedi |
En Gedi National Park, Israel |
Oasis of En Gedi |
Oasis of En Gedi |
Oasis of En Gedi |
Wildlife sign - Ibex, En Gedi, Israel |
Wildlife sign - Ibex, Dead Sea |
Dead Sea from En Gedi |
The end of a long day, sunset behind the mountains of En Gedi |
En Gedi |
Mitspe Shalem, an Israeli settlement inside the West Bank on the shore of the Dead Sea north of En Gedi |
Dead Sea near Mitspe Shalem, West Bank |
Israeli Caution! Getting off the road eastwards and staying on the beach after sunset is strictly forbidden! |
Wadi leading down to the Dead Sea |
Approaching the Israeli checkpoint on Highway 90 near where the road enters the Israeli-controlled West Bank |
Wadi Temarim in shadow |
Dry waterfall, Wadi Temarim |
Dry waterfall, Wadi Temarim |
Qumeran, area where the Dead Sea scrolls were found |
Figure riding on moped on a post near the north end of the Dead Sea |
Panorama of the northern Dead Sea, Kalia |
Panorama of the northern Dead Sea, Kalia |
Figure riding on moped on a post near the north end of the Dead Sea |
New Kalia Beach, northern Dead Sea |
Ruins of Jordanian village destroyed in the 1967 war, Kalia |
Ruins of Jordanian village destroyed in the 1967 war, Kalia |
Ruins of Jordanian village destroyed in the 1967 war, Kalia |
War damaged ruins with the remains of 1967 Jordanian defences |
War damaged ruins with the remains of 1967 Jordanian defences |
I'm really surprised that this prime real estate on the Dead Sea so close to Jerusalem hasn't been settled by the Israelis |
Ruins of Jordanian village destroyed in the 1967 war, Kalia |
Ruins of Jordanian village destroyed in the 1967 war, Kalia |
Neve Midbar Beach & Restaurant, Kalia |
Looking across the Dead Sea at the Jordanian resorts |
Neve Midbar Beach & Restaurant, Kalia |
Neve Midbar Beach & Restaurant, Kalia |
Dead Sea, Neve Midbar Beach, Kalia |
Dead Sea, Neve Midbar Beach, Kalia |
Slow - Ibex, West Bank |
Sunset on the drive from the Dead Sea back to Jerusalem |
Sunset on the drive from the Dead Sea back to Jerusalem |
Highway 1 - the road from the Dead Sea to Jerusalem |