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It’s Snowing Salt. The Strange Phenomenon Happening Deep in the Dead Sea


Salt giants and other striking formations in the Dead Sea reveal how evaporation and fluid dynamics shape Earth’s geological past and present. The Dead Sea represents a unique convergence of conditions: it lies at the lowest point on Earth’s surface and contains one of the planet’s highest salt c

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