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The Dead Sea is dying. These beautiful, ominous photos show the impact
DEAD SEA — It is an unparalleled wonder of the world: the lowest exposed spot on Earth, its therapeutic waters are so full of salt that bathers float right to the top. This natural spa is a source of rich minerals used by the ancient Egyptians for mummification, and fabled to be the biblical site of Sodom and Gomorrah. / Ofir Berman for NPR / Ofir Berman for NPR Gregory, a recent immigrant from Russia, floats in the Dead Sea at a beach connected to an Israeli hotel resort on Nov. 10. The water of the lake is so full of salt that bathers float right to the top. /…
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10 Affordable Beach Vacations You Can Take In The Dead Of Winter
When the wintertime blues strike, there’s no area a person would fairly be than sunning it on a sandy seashore as the crystalline waters shimmer, the dazzling blue waves lap gently, and marine lifetime pulsates below the area. Even so, many of the world’s top rated beach front places occur with a hefty price tag tag in the Northern Hemisphere’s colder months, when tourism’s substantial seasons’ sweep throughout the earth and solar-starved tourists remedy paradise’s calls. For these with income to burn and funds to splash, a wintertime beach family vacation is a piece of cake. Nevertheless, vacationers on a restricted spending plan frequently struggle to uncover an idyllic getaway…