Dead Sea – ความงามที่กำลังถอยร่น

The Dead Sea is not only the lowest sea in the world (-400 meters above sea level), but also a record told by layers of salt and receding waters each year.

Every stripe is a beauty of nature, a warning sign that this miracle may not last forever.

The Dead Sea Highway opens up to a barren, brown mountainside, edged by a still, mirror-like water. But if you stop and take a closer look, you'll see layers of salt layered in stripes resembling tree rings—a pattern both beautiful and sad at the same time.

Some rocks are covered with salt crystals, forming natural sculptures. Some tourists touch the mud, lie on their backs, and laugh. Some float in the mineral-rich water, and others simply stand on cliffs, silently gazing at the water, as if capturing the image.

But beneath this beauty lies a warning: the Dead Sea is constantly losing water. Its level is dropping by an average of more than a meter per year. Both from the Jordan River and from the mineral industry, the coast is receding, creating more cracks and sinkholes each year.

The sight today may not be the same in ten or twenty years. What used to be beaches has become cliffs, and what used to be underwater has become dry land. Travelers' memories are crucial. Because each image is a record of the changes taking place before our very eyes.

As we continue driving, we meet the King's Highway, an ancient route used since Mesopotamia, through the Romans, and the Crusades. We gradually climb from -400 meters above sea level to a mountain peak over 1,000 meters high before reaching Petra, the pink stone city that is our destination.

But the image that lingers in our minds isn't just the destination, but the question the Dead Sea entrusts us with—while the beauty of the salt and the sun-drenched blue waters remain captivating, its future remains uncertain.

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Post by Mr. Choon | Sep 14, 2025