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Lot's wife, a true pillar of salt
Martin_S. Says: Lot's wife is a figure from the book of Genesis known for being turned into a pillar of salt as punishment for looking back upon the burning destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah even after being warned NOT to look back....hard to do when you are being expelled from your home...
Martin_S. Says: Each year in the winter (because can you imagine how hot it is in the Dead Sea in summer, spring or fall at the lowest point on earth), there is a mountain bike race...The racers take a course running through, down, up and over dry riverbeds and through salt canyons to take...
Ratna visits Sdom and Dead Sea
Martin_S. Says: Ratna came to visit Israel from Indonesia, and we could not miss the opportunity to meet her in person, so we met her at her hotel at the Dead Sea. Up until a short time ago Indonesia would not let its nationals even visit Israel, even today it is impossible for an...
Martin_S. Says: Flash floods in the desert are a dangerous reality. There are signs showing the depth of the flow, but few people believe the power of the running water and try to cross. Lives are lost each year.This picture shows the damage caused by such a flash flood. Be careful.
Malham Cave - YES we go THIS WAY !!!
Martin_S. Says: This was one of the trickiest passages in the cave, you had to straddle the two pillars and not fall into the crack. It truly is not as steep as depicted here, but it is where that person broke their leg when they slipped.I've taken the liberty of quoting from "The...
Malham Cave - do we have to go THAT WAY !!
Martin_S. Says: My friend Giora is sitting and saying OH NO, to himself just as he gets a glimpse by way of his flashlight of the way we have to continue here in the Malham Cave.
Malham Cave - Where the water flows
Martin_S. Says: Almost all caves are the result of water flow (unless it happens to be a cave formed in a lava flow from a volcano), Malham is no different in that respect. Here we are traversing the "river bed". It is a passage for several hundred meters with a low ceiling that only the...
Malham Cave - Spagetti stalactite/stalagmite
Martin_S. Says: What do you call a stalactite when it extends from the ceiling to the floor, or a stalagmite when it reaches the ceiling. Is it now a stalactite/stalagmite, or what. I am sure there is a way to tell from which direction these grew, but we could not tell.
Malham Cave - Spectacular View
Martin_S. Says: This was the most spectacular room I think in the entire cave, just beautiful. I know the picture does not do it justice, but this is the only way I can share a little of it with you. We had to be so careful while moving through this room so as not to touch any of the...
Malham Cave - perfect stalagmite
Martin_S. Says: This was one of the most perfect stalamites we saw, you can see its smaller stalactite cousin on the roof of the cave. Some of the salt formations are of an almost pure salt, you can lick them and shine a light through.
Malham Cave - a tight fit sometimes
Martin_S. Says: There are of course a few places where it is quite a tight fit. If you have any excess weight, this is not the place to begin losing it...Also if you have problems with tight spaces this is not for you, although in most places here in Malham the passages are wide and...
Martin_S. Says: You can see several of my friends here and notice the lack of special equipment, all you really need here is a pack for water and plenty of batteries. I had 4 seperate lights with me, just in case....
Martin_S. Says: This is how it started, the moonlight rides at the Dead Sea...one day in the summer of 1993, we were trying to figure out how to do a ride early in the morning, but they were all too long and would drag out into the super hot heat of the summer desert. We had just about...
Dead Sea Mountain Bike Race, the beginnings
Martin_S. Says: Way back in 1994 after many friends and I had rode the paths above the Dead Sea in the area of Sdom Mountain, I was asked to help route out a course for a race to be held in the mountains of Sdom. The route went through Nahal Praztiem and Nahal Sdom. The first picture shows...
Martin_S. Says: Took Meta and Gulench who were visiting us down to the Dead Sea and a hike through the Nahal Pratziem Canyon, we also visited the Flour Cave that is there. We found some striking patterns in the walls of the canyon, some of them could pass for aerial photographs of a valley...
Martin_S. Says: On the shores of the Dead Sea you have several choices for day hikes, Nahal Pratziem is one of the most popular along with the Flour Cave that is there. This cave begins as a hole in the wall of the canyon and you can (if you have candles or a flashlight) follow it to the...
Martin_S. Says: This picture with my friend Giora graphically shows how large these formations are and also how strong they are. You do need to be careful with the thin ones so as not to break them.This photo reminded me of a song that goes "Troll sat alone on a seat of stone as he munched...
Martin_S. Says: This closeup of one of the salt formations will give you an idea of the beauty of some of them. You can wander around here as if in a musuem of art. Fantastic formations sculpted by nature for all to enjoy.
Martin_S. Says: You can see the extent of the salt pan here in the pic where we are walking. But you do have to be careful, there are spots where the salt has formed a thin layer and you may break through. Much of this has been destroyed by the Dead Sea Factory nearby which mines the salts,...
Martin_S. Says: In the southern section of the Dead Sea, south of the hotel area, you will find that the sea is much more shallow and there are formations of salt that have precipitated out of the sea. Sorry the picture is not better, but I learned that the sun shining on the white salt...
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My friend Giora is sitting and saying OH NO, to himself just as he gets a glimpse by way of his flashlight of the way we have to continue here in the Malham...
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Sodom at the Dead Sea and Area
The Dead Sea is the lowest point on Earth at more than 400 meters below sea level. There is one entrance at the north where the Jordan River enters and there are 5 fresh water springs, among them Ein...
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The Dead Sea: As Low as it Gets
What the Sky Witnesses... by Margaret J. Hoehn Flee for your lives! Look not behind thee...(Genesis 19:17) This water, this lake of brine is shamed, is shunned. It flows nowhere except unto itself....
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I have been to this place which is the lowest VT location below sea level many times. I think it is something like 400 metres below sea level? Usually en-route to the Sinia or the Negev Desert...
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