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A hiker visits patterns formed by crystalized minerals in the Israeli Kibbutz Ein Gedi area at the shore of the southern part of the Dead Sea, a dried-up sea stretch which exposed and created a salt plain, on December 26, 2020. A spectacular expanse of water in the desert, flanked by cliffs to east and west, the Dead Sea has lost a third of its surface area since 1960. The blue water recedes about a metre (yard) every year, leaving behind a lunar landscape whitened by salt and perforated with gaping holes. (Photo by Menahem Kahana/AFP Photo)
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