Image shows the area surrounding the Dead Sea along the West Bank between Israel and Jordan.The yellow area at the top of the image is the city of Jericho. A portion of the Dead Sea is shown as the large black area at the top right side of the image. The Jordan River is the white line at the top of the image which flows into the Dead Sea. Jerusalem, which lies in the Judaean Hill Country, is the bright, yellowish area shown along the left center of the image. Just below and to the right of Jerusalem is the town of Bethlehem. The city of Hebron is the white, yellowish area near the bottom of the image. The Jordan River Valley is part of an active fault and rift system that extends from southern Turkey and connects with the east African rift zone. The Dead Sea basin is formed by active earthquake faulting and contains the lowest place on the Earth's surface at about 1,300 feet below sea level. The blue and green areas are generally regions of undeveloped hills and the dark green areas are the smooth lowlands of the Jordan River valley. The image was acquired by the SIR-C/X-SAR on October 3, 1994 onboard Endeavour.