 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 |