Dead Sea a Finalist in “Wonders of the World” Contest
Jul 10th 2009 at 10:45am
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The Dead Sea has just become a candidate for one the world’s hottest internet contests, The New 7 Wonders of Nature. The lake will be one of 77 sites nominated for the prestigious honor, along with such contenders as the Grand Canyon, Argentina’s Iguazu Falls, and the Great Barrier Reef.
“If we want to save anything, we first need to truly appreciate it,” states the contest slogan. For the Dead Sea, a win could highlight the environmental threat to a unique lake that has shrunk dramatically over the past 30 years. Read on at Haaretz.
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