The Dead Sea is Dying

Due to large scale water diversion from the Jordan River, the Dead Sea has been shrinking by a meter each year. The ground water dissolves the salt and the ground collapses forming sink holes. This is a huge ecological problem and poses a threat to development in the region. That being said these sink holes look really cool.

Below: Dining area of abandoned/mostly destroyed Hotel Lido, 50 years ago the water came right up to the building.