Dead Sea, the World's Saltiest Lake

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Blue water of the Dead Sea (Source)

Worlds Natural Wonder: Despite it's name, Dead Sea is a salty lake between the West Bank/Palestine/Israel and Jordan. The "sea" in it's name is because it is so salty. In fact, it is the world's saltiest lake. It is called "dead" because fish andaquatic plants cannot grow in it because of its high salt

Salt deposit in the shores of Dead See (Source)

 and mineral content. The  Earth that are on dry land.Dead Sea is 420 metres below sea level and its shores are the lowestpoint on With 30 percent salinity, it is 8.6 times saltier than the ocean. In times of drought, to salinity climb to 35 percent. Because of it's salinity, the Dead Sea is famous among tourists because one can float in it without using a life vest. The famous trick is to float and read a book. The

Tourist floating in the Dead Sea (Source)

Dead Sea's salt content is due to it's location.Being the lowest point on Earth, during wet season, minerals flow to it's basin. This has been happening for millions of year, thus the water became concentrated with minerals including salt. Source: Worlds Natural Wonder

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Mount Vesuvius, One of World's Most Dangerous Volcano

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Mount Vesuvius with it's crater seen from a plane. (Source)

Mount Vesuvius is a stratovolcano located in the east of Naples, Italy. It is the only volcano on the European mainland to have erupted within the last hundred years. It is considered as one of world's most dangerous volcano because of the population of 3,000,000 people living nearby. The most famous eruption of Mount Vesuvius happened in AD 79 that led to the destruction of the Roman cities of Pompeii and

Mount Vesuvius seen from City of Pompeii which was destroyed in the eruption of AD 79. (Source)

Herculaneum and the death of 10,000 to 25,000 people.  The summit of Mount Vesuvius is open to visitors and tourists and there is a small network of paths around the mountain that are maintained by the park authorities on weekends. There is also an access by road to within 200 metres (660 ft) of the summit, but thereafter access is on foot only. There is a spiral walkway around the mountain from the

Inside the Mount Vesuvius crater where tourists can take a pictures. (Source)

road to the crater. The Mount Vesuvius area it is the most densely populated volcanic region in the world. The area around it was officially declared a national park on June 1995. Source: Worlds Natural Wonder

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Mount Fuji, Japan's Highest Mountain

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Mount Fuji capped wit snow (Source)

At 3,776 meters (12,388 ft), Mount Fuji is Japan's Highest Mountain. It stands on the border between Yamanashi and Shizuoka Prefectures and can be seen from Tokyo and Yokohama on clear days. It is

located near the Pacific coast of central Honshū. There are three small cities surrounding it: Gotemba (south), Fujiyoshida (north) and Fujinomiya (southwest). Although it's last eruption was in 1708, Mount

Mount Fuji view from an airplane (Source)

Fuji is an active stratovolcano volcano. This nearly perfectly shaped volcano has been worshiped as a sacred mountain and experienced big popularity among artists, common people and tourists. Mount Fuji 

Mount Fuji from Osezaki beach (Source)

is surrounded by five lakes: Lake Kawaguchi, Lake Yamanaka, Lake Sai, Lake Motosu and Lake Shoji. The climate is very cold due to thealtitude and the cone is covered by snow for several months of the year. The lowest recorded temperature is −38.0 °C while on June 2008 the highesttemperature was recorded at 17.8 °C.Mount Fuji, Japan's Highest Mountain

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