Flash Flood Entering Dead Sea

An aerial view captures a brown flash flood plume flowing from a canyon into the turquoise waters of the Dead Sea, with white salt deposits lining the shore beneath rugged cliffs.

An aerial photo of a brown flash flood plume flowing from Nahal Tze'elim into the turquoise Dead Sea by white salt shores See more

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