Jordan - Stormy Morning on Dead Sea Beach
The Dead Sea (Hebrew: יָם הַמֶּלַח, Yām Ha-Melaḥ, "Sea of Salt"; Arabic: البَحْر المَيّت, al-Baḥr l-Mayyit, "Dead Sea") is a salt lake between Israel and the West Bank to the west, and Jordan to the east. It is 422 metres (1,385 ft) below sea level, and its shores are the lowest point on the surface of the Earth on dry land. The Dead Sea is 378 m (1,240 ft) deep, the deepest hypersaline lake in the world. It is also one of the world's saltiest bodies of water, with 33.7 percent salinity. Only Lake Assal (Djibouti), Garabogazköl and some hypersaline lakes of the McMurdo Dry Valleys in Antarctica (such as Don Juan Pond and perhaps Lake Vanda) have a higher salinity. It is 8.6 times as salty as the ocean. This salinity makes for a harsh environment where animals cannot flourish, hence its name. The Dead Sea is 67 kilometres (42 mi) long and 18 kilometres (11 mi) wide at its widest point. It lies in the Jordan Rift Valley, and its main tributary is the Jordan River.
The Dead Sea has attracted visitors from around the Mediterranean basin for thousands of years. Biblically, it was a place of refuge for King David. It was one of the world's first health resorts (for Herod the Great), and it has been the supplier of a wide variety of products, from balms for Egyptian mummification to potash for fertilizers. People also use the salt and the minerals from the Dead Sea to create cosmetics and herbal sachets.
My trip to Jordan was extremely rewarding with an amazing light and scenes. The weather was bit different than many people imagine Middle East is like. It was extremely windy and stormy, not the blue sky we all have in mind for place like Jordan. Weather like that didnt allow me to take my long exposures which I was hoping for, however the colors in the sky made up for it. I'd also like to mention that you need significantly strong will to get up early in the morning from that lovely warm bed and to go out to that freezing wind but once you are out there taking photos like these you are happy you've done that. I have of course no chance to float in the Dead Sea this time...
Camera Model: Canon EOS 5D Mark II, Lens’s focal length: 17.00 - 40.00 mm, Photo Focal length: 28.00 mm, Aperture: 6.3, Exposure time: 1/80 s, ISO: 100
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Nagesh Kamath, DEVENDRA PAL(AWAY), the-earth-colors, ~~Dirk~~, and 159 other people added this photo to their favorites.
© Lucie Debelkova / www.luciedebelkova.com (36 months ago | reply)
Nagesh Kamath (36 months ago | reply)
Fantastic!! And am I first?!!! :)
Anfal Al-Obaidly [deleted] (36 months ago | reply)
this is amazing
Nagesh Kamath (36 months ago | reply)
Now that I have locked in the first comment... have some time! :) Love the skies out here and the varies blue and grey shades
the-earth-colors (36 months ago | reply)
excellent
FOTONICO.BR (36 months ago | reply)
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al-ien (36 months ago | reply)
you are an amazing artist.... what a wonderful eye! outstanding composition and processing!
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Olena Nikolaeva [deleted] (36 months ago | reply)
fantastic!!!
Bruzelan (36 months ago | reply)
Buena composición. bonita foto!!
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WisoNet (36 months ago | reply)
Ole que chulada no?!! El angulo es muy bueno y el procesado de colores es espectacular!!
Muy buen tarbajo compañera!!
Saludos ;-)
Aleks^ (36 months ago | reply)
excellent composition and good contrast
IKDLA (36 months ago | reply)
Awesome picture
Carlos D. Ramirez (36 months ago | reply)
Great capture, a superb composition indeed!
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Franz-62 (36 months ago | reply)
Wonderful color-tones - great composition !!!
Jasim. (36 months ago | reply)
excellent shot!!
geeo123 (36 months ago | reply)
this is so good i love the mood and feel.
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ـــاريAlAmmariالعـمـــ (36 months ago | reply)
Beutiful
nice colours
KPieper (36 months ago | reply)
Really nice composition and processing!
JRodrigues. (36 months ago | reply)
Amazing composition!
Jefferson_ (36 months ago | reply)
beautiful light
©Helminadia Ranford (36 months ago | reply)
oh wow...so beautiful... lovely composition Lucie=)
Joep R. (36 months ago | reply)
Amazing!
A.Alwosaibie (36 months ago | reply)
very very nice shot!!
Arunas S (36 months ago | reply)
Beautiful capture,good treatment.
Elia Cherici (36 months ago | reply)
amazing light and composition
great work
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TomRaven (36 months ago | reply)
More superb composition and light... beautiful!
Pepelahuerta (36 months ago | reply)
Bella foto!! Y q que composicion.saludos
Planet 3 (36 months ago | reply)
Great desert colors!!
Thanks for educational facts!
Freund Leo (36 months ago | reply)
Really good
RH Miller (36 months ago | reply)
Beautiful composition and image... instant fave!
freshairsandiego... (36 months ago | reply)
1st of course it is a great capture, 2nd very interesting comments and finally I so appreciate your perspective of sharing the history of the area without adding controversy like so many do. I'm sure your presence there had a calming effect on everyone you met.
Shuggie!! (36 months ago | reply)
Good composition, Lucie!
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Alaa N(Momento Studio) (36 months ago | reply)
wOw
PERFECT :)))
neilalderney123 (36 months ago | reply)
amazing image as expected Lucie ;-)
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RondaKimbrow (36 months ago | reply)
very cool shot!
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igh09 (36 months ago | reply)
Nice!
timo.frey (36 months ago | reply)
Great colors and post processing!
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Very beautiful =)
mim2009 (36 months ago | reply)
great shot. Looks very peaceful
alsamra_doha (36 months ago | reply)
it's really wooow
pattpoom (36 months ago | reply)
Very beautiful and outstanding beach shot.!!!
Great composition, wonderful light and clarity.
I wish you have a great upcoming week.:)