
View of a sink hole filled with water next to the main body of the Dead Sea, Israel, during sunrise on 05 August 2010. Sinkholes are a result of the continuing level of the Dead Sea dropping, which causes the desert landscape to collapse in a sink hole and then fill with the mineral-rich underground water. EPA/MIRIAM ALSTER ISRAEL OUT

View of a sink hole filled with water next to the main body of the Dead Sea, Israel, at night on 05 August 2010. Sinkholes are a result of the continuing level of the Dead Sea dropping, which causes the desert landscape to collapse in a sink hole and then fill with the mineral-rich underground water. EPA/MIRIAM ALSTER ISRAEL OUT

View of a sink hole filled with water next to the main body of the Dead Sea, Israel, during sunrise on 05 August 2010. Sinkholes are a result of the continuing level of the Dead Sea dropping, which causes the desert landscape to collapse in a sink hole and then fill with the mineral-rich underground water. EPA/MIRIAM ALSTER ISRAEL OUT