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Local Testimony (Edut Mekomit) 2015
First Prize Local Testimony 2015 Nature and the Environment Series
Photographer: Abir Sultan

A file picture dated 29 September 2014 shows an abandoned water park opposite to the shores of the Dead Sea at the Dead Sea coastal resort near Ein Gedi, Israel. According to media reports, the Dead Sea water level is dropping with an average of one meter per year since the first water level measurements in 1927. EPA/ABIR SULTAN

A file picture dated 29 September 2014 shows an abandoned tourist Boat shipwreck lying at the Dead Sea coastal resort near Ein Gedi, Israel. According to media reports, the Dead Sea water level is dropping with an average of one meter per year since the first water level measurements in 1927. EPA/ABIR SULTAN

An old dock stands about 20 meters above the sea level mark where the water line was about 20 years ago at the Dead Sea coastal resort near Ein Gedi, Israel, 20 October 2014. According to media reports, the Dead Sea water level is dropping with an average of one meter per year since the first water level measurements in 1927. EPA/ABIR SULTAN

Dead palm trees stand in front of the Dead Sea coastal resort near Ein Gedi, Israel, 02 December 2014. According to media reports the Dead Sea water level is dropping with an average of one meter per year since the first water level measurements in 1927. EPA/ABIR SULTAN

An abandoned old work camp on the southern side of the Dead Sea, Israel, 02 December 2014. According to media reports the Dead Sea water level is dropping with an average of one meter per year since the first water level measurements in 1927. EPA/ABIR SULTAN