Israel is bolstering its fortification in the Dead Sea area.
The fence network, which includes steel, concertina wire, touch sensors, motion detectors, infrared cameras and ground radar, is almost complete along the boundaries with Egypt, Syria and Lebanon. Israeli military engineers plan to build a final stretch along the Jordanian border from the Dead Sea to the Red Sea.… Read the rest of this article…
We are delighted to present June’s Save Our Sea Desktop Calendar, kindly donated by London based professional photographer Steve Winston. You can contact Steve through his website www.stevewinstonphotos.com
If you are a photographer and wish us to feature one of your images of the Dead Sea, please notify us using the contact form.… Read the rest of this article…
Save Our Sea is a community of amazing individuals all dedicated to preserving the Dead Sea. One member, the exceptionally talented New York photographer Dani Diamond has donated the image for this months calendar.
About the image he writes:
On our way to En Gedi, Israel we drove alongside the Dead Sea for many miles.… Read the rest of this article…
Kathmandu – A monument containing a stone from the Dead Sea was placed on Mount Everest in a symbolic link between the lowest and highest points on Earth.
The Dead Sea Monument created by Israeli artist Jojo Ohayon, was brought all the way from the Dead Sea to Kathmandu by Mayor of Tamar Regional Council of Israel, Dov Litvinoff and on Tuesday was taken to the Sagarmatha National Park containing the southern half of Mount Everest.… Read the rest of this article…
The World Bank approved a rescue plan to save the Dead Sea, which is drying up at a rate of about three feet annually, but environmental groups argue the plan will result in ecological disaster.
After a decade of debates, the World Bank confirmed in January the feasibility of building a canal between the Red Sea and the Dead Sea at a cost of $10 billion.… Read the rest of this article…
Ah, the Dead Sea. Four hundred meters below sea level lies Israel’s greatest (and arguably its only) natural treasure. Dotted with the ruins of monasteries, palaces, synagogues and mosques, this biblical geological wonder, has, for thousands of years, been a pilgrimage sight for the Greeks, the Persians, the Romans, the Christians and Jews.… Read the rest of this article…
International real estate firm Bercleys, is in talks with the Israel Tax Authority for the right to establish a VAT rebate bureau for tourists at the Dead Sea Mall, which the company is building. Currently, tourists can only receive the VAT rebate at Ben Gurion Airport upon their departure.… Read the rest of this article…
This is the first in a series of Dead Sea desktop calendars by well known photographers, this one by David Shankbone.
If you are a photographer and wish us to feature one of your images of the Dead Sea, please notify us using the contact form.… Read the rest of this article…
