The Dead Sea is a confluence of extraordinary conditions: the lowest point on Earth's land surface, with one of the world's ...

Discover how the Dead Sea, Earth's lowest and saltiest lake, continues to build massive underground salt formations.

The Dead Sea is an extraordinary natural laboratory, providing rare insights into the formation of large-scale salt formations known as salt giants. A recent study led by UC Santa Barbara’s Eckart ...

So does Naked Sea Salt. "Salt from the Dead Sea contains 32 different minerals, 21 of which are uniquely concentrated in this salt, in higher levels than in any other," the company says in ...

DEAD SEA — It is an unparalleled wonder of the world: the lowest exposed spot on Earth, its therapeutic waters are so full of salt that bathers float right to the top.

Today the Dead Sea still mystifies us. Because it is so low -- 1,300 feet below sea level -- it's closest to all the deep Earth's minerals and, most visibly, the Earth's salt, which cakes at its ...

A mysterious underwater "snowfall" of salt is falling and accumulating far below the surface of the Dead Sea. For decades the already-salty Dead Sea has been slowly getting saltier as its fresh ...

For centuries the waters of the Dead Sea have been known for their therapeutic benefits. The sea contains a high concentration of sea salts with healthy minerals like magnesium, calcium, iodine ...

The salt content of Lake Retba or Lac Rose, as it’s locally known, rivals that of the Dead Sea – exceeding 40% salinity in some parts – and it is a combination of the sun and a salt-loving ...

Dead sea salt, while incredibly healthy for skin AND hair, is not edible due to the high mineral content from lack of fresh water in climates where this potent salt is obtained from.

Gregory, a recent immigrant from Russia, floats in the Dead Sea at a beach connected to an Israeli hotel resort on Nov. 10. The water of the lake is so full of salt that bathers float right to the ...