Can Israel and Jordan cooperate to save the dying Dead Sea? - 1
Published 10 Dec 2018, 12:05 GMT
Girls enjoy a water slide in Jericho, surrounded by desert.
Photograph by Marco Zorzanello, Ulixes PicturesA bather enjoys Ein Gedi Hot Spring at the Dead Sea. Since before the time of Cleopatra, people have come here to bathe in waters believed to have health benefits.
Photograph by Marco Zorzanello, Ulixes PicturesDue to the reduction in the Dead Sea's level, the water has receded more than a mile from the Ein Gedi spa, and guests must take a tractor transport to the edge.
Photograph by Marco Zorzanello, Ulixes PicturesA major tourist draw, the sea is the lowest point on Earth.
Photograph by Marco Zorzanello, Ulixes PicturesThe Timna Oasis in Eilat is an artificial lake in the desert surrounded by a restaurant, the King Solomon Inn, a playground, and a camping site.
Photograph by Marco Zorzanello, Ulixes PicturesCalled the 'coolest pool in the world' by 'Travel Agent Central Magazine', this dip looks out onto the Negev Desert in southern Israel.
Photograph by Marco Zorzanello, Ulixes PicturesTourists take pictures under the line that marks zero feet above sea level.
Photograph by Marco Zorzanello, Ulixes Pictures