Dead Sea

DEAD SEA (JORDAN)
Here are pics in and near the Dead Sea...

There were quite a few European tourists playing/floating in the water (which is about 33% salt!). Drowning is difficult here!

View of the south end of the Dead Sea (from mostly irrigated farmland)...

Nearby was a (non-native) jujube tree with fruit...

A banana plantation south of the Dead Sea...

A native "Apple of Sodom" (Calotropis procera), an odd plant that's a close relative of milkweed...

The prevailing vegetation near the Dead Sea...

A more barren area a bit further south...

There were lots of wild date palms on the hills above the Dead Sea...

The winding road going east from the Dead Sea towards Amman...

Runaway truck ramp!

And finally, a view from the crest east of the Dead Sea (with the north end of the Dead Sea visible)...