View of Dead Sea and misty Moav Mountains from a lookout of Mount Sdom to the west. The Middle East, December 27, 2001
A dry creek going to the rim of a plateau above Ein Bokek, with Dead Sea and mountains in Jordan on background. The Middle East, February 22, 2001
Eilat hotels at Red Sea behind volcanic mountains, view from Mount Shahmon at evening. The Middle East, December 13, 2001
Akaba at Red Sea and Edom Mountains, view from Mount Shahmon at evening. The Middle East, December 13, 2001
Eilat beach, the city and mountains from sea promenade. The Middle East, November 21, 2002
View of the Coral Beach Reserve in Eilat, Red Sea and Jordan from a nearby mountain. The Middle East, May 13, 2000
View of mountains and Red Sea south from Eilat from Mount Shelomo, 3 miles north-west from Eilat. The Middle East, March 22, 2001
Junk yard of Dead Sea Works on Red Sea beach 2 miles south-east from Eilat, with Akaba and mountains in Jourdan behind it. The Middle East, January 13, 2001
Dead Sea salt pans and Moav Mountains in Jordan, view from a plateau above Ein Bokek. The Middle East, February 22, 2001
Red Sea and mountains near Taba, 3 miles south-east from Eilat. The Middle East, January 13, 2001
Red Sea and small mountains near Coral Beach, 3 miles south-east from Eilat. The Middle East, January 13, 2001
Red Sea and mountains near Taba, 3 miles south-east from Eilat. The Middle East, January 13, 2001
The Gulf of Aqaba, Pharaoh s Island, and Sinai mountains from a beach of the Red Sea 4 miles south-west from Taba. Egypt, April 18, 2002
Dead Sea mountains near Masada at evening. The Middle East, November 30, 2000
Red Sea and mountains in Egypt, view from Mount Tzefahot near Eilat. The Middle East, May 13, 2000
Calving front (terminus) of one of the major outlet glaciers, likely where the Helheim or Midgard glacier meets the waters of Sermilik Fjord. The most dramatic feature is the boundary where the massive river of ice (center) meets the open water (top right). This "calving front" is where giant icebergs break off into the fjord. The water in the fjord is a milky turquoise, a telltale sign of rock flour (glacial sediment) suspended in the meltwater. The image illustrates how the ice sheet flows like a slow-moving liquid around the resistant mountain peaks (nunataks) in the foreground. You can see the ice splitting and rejoining around these rock islands, creating distinct flow lines and medial moraines (stripes of debris) on the glacier surface. The bare, rocky slopes visible on the nunataks above the current ice level (the "trim line") suggest that the ice was historically thicker here, a visual marker of the glacier s retreat over recent decades. In the center, multiple tributary glaciers appear to be merging into the main channel, contributing to the chaotic, crevassed surface texture as different ice flows collide and accelerate towards the sea. View from a window of an airplane from Helsinki to Dallas, Greenland, October 17, 2025
