Dead Sea Salt Formations

The Dead Sea salt formations: crystalline sculptures along the retreating shoreline.

As the Dead Sea retreats, it leaves extraordinary salt formations — crystalline spires, plates and mushrooms of mineral salt sculpted by evaporation along the southern shoreline.

They are striking at sunset but fragile; walk carefully. Travellers who hire car & driver in Jordan know the accessible spots, and full package tours to Jordan include a photo stop.

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