This group of pictures begin with our visit to Ein Gedi-an oasis in the midst of the barren cliffs.  You have heard of the saying "follow the money". Well, here you follow the greenery to find the water.  I include only one of the waterfalls here, Nahal David-from a short distance away and up close.

My main goal in sharing these pictures is to show you what is happening to the Dead Sea. The picture of the Dead Sea with the lone tree is directly across from Ein Gedi. It shows the sea appearing "normal".  The water appears to be deep in this area, although it has drastically receded from the original coastline.  The mountains in the far distance across from where I am taking pictures are mountains in Jordan.  I have never seen them so clear!

As we drove south for about 30-35 minutes and past Masada, we saw how the sea has been split up with the appearance of land masses-some small, some looking like the sea has been cut off in sections.   This has been an issue for years and even I can see the difference in size and the depth of the Dead Sea from 2008 until now.  

You will see how shallow the water is, some islands of land and crystals and actual places where the phone lines have been installed in what had been sea!

A group called the Dead Sea Revival Project directed by Noam Bedein is trying to address this serious problem.  I am sure that there are many reasons for the loss of the Dead Sea. One of them is that Jordan is diverting water from the Jordan River. The Jordan River is a main source of water for the Dead sea.