Save Death Sea Photo

Photographer’s Note

The Dead Sea is a water lake salted of the Middle East of an approximate surface of 1050 km², it is fed by the Jordan River and broadside by Jordan, Israel and the Wes Bank. The sea water contains on average between 4 and 6 % of salts. But the Dead Sea, contains some between 22 and 25 %. Its sodium rate are 275 grams per liter of water while the sea water contains approximately 35 grams per liter of them. No one to be alive cannot remain under such conditions. Thus the life, very richly represented in the oceans, misses completely water the Dead Sea: neither fish, nor algae.

As mentioned above, the Dead Sea is rapidly shrinking. Although the Dead Sea would never entirely disappear (because evaporation slows down as surface area decreases and saltiness increases), the Dead Sea as we know it could become a thing of the past.

Because it is not realistic to cease using the Jordan River for human needs, one idea to save the Dead Sea is to bring in water from the Mediterranean or Red Sea, either through tunnels or canals. Although a Mediterranean structure would be shorter, Israel is now committed to building a Red Sea canal in deference to Jordan's needs. The plan is to pump water up 400' up the Arava/Arabah from Aqaba or Eilat, then tunnel under the highest point of the Arava/Arabah valley, and then canalize the river of seawater as it falls 1700' to the Dead Sea. The desalination plant would be constructed in Jordan.

On May 9th, 2005, Jordan, Israel, and the Palestinian Authority signed an agreement to begin feasibility studies on the project - to be officially known as the "Two Seas Canal"

Sources :
Wikipedia (English)
Wikipédia (French)

Fon, Schultzy, mcassio, feather, MeAT, nanauhauer has marked this note useful

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Fon (2302) 2005-09-07 17:38

Hi Nicole,
Beautiful shot taste of the exposure that formed a silhouette very beautiful place wonderful, great light and perfect sharpness.Thanks for sharing.
Rgs
Sergio

lukie (0) 2005-09-07 18:22

Salut Nicole,

une photo inhabituelle qu'on est habituée de toi, mais bien faite ! Au premier plan, je pensais : elle sait bien écrire en Anglais... (source... :)) Le mix de tourisme et vue cotédienne... châpeau, hein !

amitiés,

Luc.

P-S-I-G (24482) 2005-09-08 1:41

Bonjour Nicole,

Très belle photo qui associe une belle lumière aux différentes silhouettes d'une personne et des palmiers. C'est très beau. Ta note complète superbement le partage. Bravo. Amicalement.
Fabrice

Cricri (43092) 2005-09-08 12:24

Bonjour Nicole, douce lumière qui laisse entrevoir les ombres des silhouettes. Trés jolie.
Amitié, cricri

Schultzy (5428) 2005-09-08 13:13

Bonsoir Nicole,
J'ai envie de dire "waouw" mais ce n'est pas très constructif ;)
Je dirais donc plus simplement que c'est un cliché très réussi. La silhouette des palmiers typiques et surtout ce personnage qui "tombe à pic". Il donne vraiment de la vie au cliché grâce à sa position "en mouvement". C'est très joli !

mcassio (198) 2005-09-09 12:51

Nicole,
very interesting notes. It must be a very nice place to know. Good colors and deepness.
I like the palmtrees too.

TFS,

Marcelo.

feather (49860) 2005-09-11 3:58

A beautiful photo Nicole. I love silhouettes and they are usually accompanied by sunsets. This is not a typical sunset shot but it has a wonderful atmosphere and is almost monotone. The human element adds interest. Well done. Interesting note too
Kath

DLM (6447) 2005-09-11 5:55

Hi Nicole,Lovely image with real informative and well written notes,the pic has wonderful soft tones and great silhouettes.Well done.
Dave.

Guntram (6) 2005-09-12 6:59

Bonjour Nicole,
you captured a very nice atmosphere in this photo, it's so rich of details (people swimming in the sea), nice colours and perfect silhouette ... très jolie, very well done!
merci

Guntram

optic (0) 2005-09-18 7:56

Bon matin Nicole,
Une superbe photographie, très beau cadrage et belle définition, j'aime les couleurs chaudes et la lumière diffuse. La présence des personnages rehausse la qualité de la scène.
Magnifique!

Bon week-end,
Christian

IaKoop (819) 2005-09-19 3:12

Beautiful shot and intriguing notes. I might have been tempted to crop a little tighter, using the large tree and the one on the far left as a natural frame. I started a workshop to show this, but realized it made the pedestrian too central. Unless you'd waited a few more seconds for him to move a little farther, I'd leave this as it is. Well done, lovely tones!

MeAT (1174) 2005-11-19 9:21

Merci pour cette explication intéressante qui n'enlève rien à ta photo! J'aime particulièrement la silhouette de l'homme qui ajoute un sujet à la photo.

MeAT

nanauhauer (761) 2006-02-13 16:34

Hello Nicole (name of my wife),
So nice find your gallery.
I really like this photo. Give us some peace.
Good job and good note.
The man on photo seams like that one on Man Evolution Scale (from monkey to today).
TFS
Nanau

sebinho342 (18740) 2006-04-23 12:35

La mer morte, quelle impression étrange et fascinante de se mettre à l'eau et de se sentir remonter a la surface par cette force venue d'ailleursn, la force du sel ;)
Elle est très bien vue cette photo, l'homme passant entre les parasols et les palmiers réhausse cette photo.
J'aime

Kath012 (52) 2006-07-14 20:13

nery nice shot nicole. nice colours and the perfect silhouettes. i would crop the photo a little more but overall great notes and great job
Kathy

chrisnet (20374) 2006-11-17 13:47

Bonsoir Nicole,
Elle est magnifique cette photo avec les palmiers et les parasols qui se détachent en ombres chinoises sur le ciel orangé!
J'aime cette atmosphère ou tout respire le calme et la tranquillité.
Amitiés
Christian

AlbGirl (0) 2007-12-11 11:15