- Site of the last Jewish stronghold against the Romans in 73 AD
- Floating in the dead sea
- Do not taunt happy fun ball
- So I guess you can't drink the water?
- The mud near the Dead Sea is supposed to be quite good for skin, but not quite as good for feathers
- come give us a hug!
- it's a treat to beat your feet in the Israeli mud!
- Ancient terracing below modern housing outside Jerusalem
- Hebrew University of Jerusalem
- Housing south of Jerusalem
- Camels, as we approach the desert on the way to the Dead Sea
- Desert landscape
- Almost no vegetation
- 150 meters below sea level, and still dropping... Dead Sea is ~450 meters below sea level
- Palms on a kibbutz, in the desert
- Cliffs near the Dead Sea... caves like these contained the Dead Sea Scrolls