FINAL WARNING: The Shining Star
Focusing on Israel
A map drawn by monks during the Crusades, still hangs in the Herford
Cathedral, and identifies Jerusalem as the geographic center of the
world, which is so marked on the floor of the Holy Sepulcher. The
attention of the world will become more focused on this area of the
world as this nation continues to prosper. What is it about this
country, besides the religious significance, which has made it the most
fought over pieces of land in history.
The Dead Sea, located between Israel and Jordan, which is 1,296 feet
below sea level, is the lowest spot on the surface of the Earth. It is fifty
miles long and eleven miles wide (about 500 square miles), and has a
depth of 1,200 feet at its deepest point. Known as the ‘Sea of Salt,’
because it is ten times saltier than ocean water, it is fed by the Jordan
River, and has no outlet. Its waters have evaporated for hundreds of
years in the extreme heat, at a rate of 280 million cubic feet per day,
leaving behind a variety of minerals. With a concentration of 32% of
dissolved ingredients, in a “unique composition” of mostly sodium
chloride (salt), while regular ocean water has only 3.5% to 4%; it is the
richest mineral source in the world.
The water contains potassium chloride, or potash, which is used as a
fertilizer and for making explosives. It is of high quality becomes it
doesn’t come from rock. It is believed that this ingredient will become
a very valuable commodity.
The water also contains magnesium bromide (used to make plastics
and rubber), magnesium chloride (used in magnesium metal
production and in the manufacturing of a cement used for heavy duty
flooring), and hydrogen sulfide (used in chemical laboratories as an
analytical re-agent). Because of its sulfuric content, the water is said to
have therapeutic properties.
Solar ponds have been built on the Sea. The sun heats the shallow salt
water, and the heat is trapped in the dense salt layer on the bottom,
and becomes hot enough to turn a turbine, thus producing electricity.