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I was in Israel last summer hiking with my kids at a spring (Ein Gedi) near the Dead Sea. We'd hiked up a trail and had gained maybe 500 ft of elevation. We wer
by js2 9y ago
I was in Israel last summer hiking with my kids at a spring (Ein Gedi) near the Dead Sea. We'd hiked up a trail and had gained maybe 500 ft of elevation. We were looking out across the Dead Sea toward Jordan when some Israeli military jets flew across above the Dead Sea and they were definitely at or below us. It was an interesting site being above the jets, and only later did I realize we were all still below sea level.
- valuearb 9y ago5M years ago parts of the mediterranean were 6,000 to 15,000 feet below sea level. Imagine flying that. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messinian_salinity_crisis https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messinian_salinity_crisis
- planteen 9y agoWow, I had no idea. Thanks for posting that. And it's going to happen again "soon" in geologic time...
- mdekkers 9y agoEin Gedi is one of my favorite placed on the planet. There is (used to be, this is 20+ years ago) an amazing pool on top of the waterfall where we used to go swimming, and have this ridiculously beautiful view over the Dead Sea.