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Salt Pillar in Mount Sedom, Israel
January 17, 2009 | Geological Society of America

There is a mysterious pillar of salt in Mount Sedom, near the Dead Sea in Israel. The pillar, which stands about 20 meters (almost 66 feet) tall, is likely the result of a karstic cave which collapsed during a large earthquake.


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