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BadNick · 03-27-2009, 10:21 AM

you got me unc, you're up, bud.

I was at this spot which is the lowest "dry" spot on the face of the earth...only exceeded in depth by deep ocean rift valleys and that real low depression under Antarctica but that's covered by about 2 miles thick ice (Bentley Subglacial Trench Bentley Subglacial Trench - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia ).

When I think that the Dead Sea area is over 1500 feet below sea level, it makes me dizzy!

Dead Sea - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The 'Dead Sea (Hebrew: יָם הַ‏‏מֶ‏ּ‏לַ‏ח‎, Yām Ha-Melaḥ, "Sea of Salt"; Arabic: البَحْر المَيّت‎, al-Baḥr l-Mayyit, "Dead Sea") is a salt lake between Israel and the West Bank to the west, and Jordan to the east. It is 422 metres (1,385 ft) below sea level, and its shores are the lowest point on the surface of Earth on dry land. The Dead Sea is 378 m (1,240 ft) deep, the deepest hypersaline lake in the world. It is also one of the world's saltiest bodies of water, with 33.7% salinity. Only Lake Assal (Djibouti), Garabogazköl and some hypersaline lakes of the McMurdo Dry Valleys in Antarctica (such as Don Juan Pond and perhaps Lake Vanda) have a higher salinity. It is 8.6 times as salty as the ocean. This salinity makes for a harsh environment where animals cannot flourish, hence its name.

A tourist (on the Jordanian side) demonstrates the unusual buoyancy caused by high salinity.

03-27-2009, 10:21 AM	#5093 (permalink)
BadNick Riding the Ocean Spray Location: S.E. PA in U Sofa	you got me unc, you're up, bud. I was at this spot which is the lowest "dry" spot on the face of the earth...only exceeded in depth by deep ocean rift valleys and that real low depression under Antarctica but that's covered by about 2 miles thick ice (Bentley Subglacial Trench Bentley Subglacial Trench - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia ). When I think that the Dead Sea area is over 1500 feet below sea level, it makes me dizzy! Dead Sea - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The 'Dead Sea (Hebrew: יָם הַ‏‏מֶ‏ּ‏לַ‏ח‎, Yām Ha-Melaḥ, "Sea of Salt"; Arabic: البَحْر المَيّت‎, al-Baḥr l-Mayyit, "Dead Sea") is a salt lake between Israel and the West Bank to the west, and Jordan to the east. It is 422 metres (1,385 ft) below sea level, and its shores are the lowest point on the surface of Earth on dry land. The Dead Sea is 378 m (1,240 ft) deep, the deepest hypersaline lake in the world. It is also one of the world's saltiest bodies of water, with 33.7% salinity. Only Lake Assal (Djibouti), Garabogazköl and some hypersaline lakes of the McMurdo Dry Valleys in Antarctica (such as Don Juan Pond and perhaps Lake Vanda) have a higher salinity. It is 8.6 times as salty as the ocean. This salinity makes for a harsh environment where animals cannot flourish, hence its name. A tourist (on the Jordanian side) demonstrates the unusual buoyancy caused by high salinity.