4,000 years later, the Dead Sea is facing another disaster
That impromptu trip to the lowest place on Earth quickly became a hobby he couldn’t stop. Bernstein began to travel along the Dead Sea at least twice a week, walking along its rocky shores, clambering down the cliffs, hiking on crumbling ground and skipping over sinkholes, documenting the magic on his camera, and returning home when the sun set.
“People didn’t know what had come over me,” he says, “and actually, neither did I. It was like I was possessed — the Dead Sea simply captivated me.”
What makes a person decide to leave his job and daily routine to set out and track the Dead Sea on foot, along dozens of kilometers including dangerous swamps and up to 6,000 sinkholes? Bernstein can’t really answer that question, but half a year later, he completed one of the most breathtaking trails in Eretz Yisrael.
“Each week I did a different segment. In all, I walked about 55 kilometers, the length of the main northern basin. At some of the shores, I skipped over streams and wells, but I spent most of the route on dry land, photographing continuously.”
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