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iss070e006918 (Oct. 19, 2023) --- The southern portion of the Sonoran Desert in Mexico is pictured from the...
iss067e033271 (April 24, 2022) --- The Namib Desert on the Atlantic coast of the African nation of Namibia is...
iss067e302510 (Sept. 1, 2022) --- A portion of the Great Victoria Desert is pictured in Western Australia as the...
ISS010-E-21297 (25 March 2005) --- North Central China Desert is featured in this image photographed by an...
iss060e014846 (July 26, 2019) --- A portion of the Sahara desert in Algeria is pictured as the International Space...
Its white surfaces in contrast with the deep blue sky, NASA's Ikhana unmanned science and technology development...
ISS015-E-16963 (7 July 2007) --- Sahara Desert dunes are featured in this image photographed by an Expedition 15...
ISS010-E-22438 (2 February 2005) --- The Egyptian Desert is featured in this image photographed by an Expedition 10...
iss064e000451 (Oct. 25, 2020) --- A portion of the Sahara Desert is pictured in Chad as the International Space...
ISS010-E-10124 (11 December 2004) --- The Algerian desert is featured in this image photographed by an Expedition 10...
Masten Space Systems’ technicians prepare their Xodiac rocket to flight test Honeybee Robotics pneumatic sampler...
iss060e014847 (July 26, 2019) --- A portion of the Sahara desert in Algeria is pictured as the International Space...
iss067e187073 (July 14, 2022) --- The Namib Desert on Namibia's Atlantic coast is pictured from the International...
NASA's Ikhana unmanned long-endurance science aircraft, a civil variant of General Atomics' Predator B, takes to the...
iss067e187067 (July 14, 2022) --- The Namib Desert on Namibia's Atlantic coast is pictured from the International...
STS099-714-060 (11-22 February 2000) ---One of the STS-99 astronauts aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour recorded...
iss069e053975 (Aug. 4, 2023) --- The sun's glint and the deep blue waters of the Mediterranean Sea stand in stark...
ISS047e022280 (03/26/2016) --- This interesting Earth observation image from the International Space Station seems...
41C-31-990 (6-13 April 1984) --- Southwestern Algeria's Erg Chech shows long lines of parallel sand dunes called...
NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic jet flies over the Mojave Desert during its third flight on Thursday, March 26, 2026,...
The Nasca Lines are located in the Pampa region of Peru, the desolate plain of the Peruvian coast 400 km south of...
Saudi Arabia is drilling for a resource possibly more precious than oil. Over the last 24 years, it has tapped...
iss059e061447 (May 13, 2019) --- The Namib Desert on the Atlantic Coast of Namibia is photographed from an altitude...
iss071e522575 (Aug. 20, 2024) --- A portion of the Kalahari Desert, a semi-arid and sandy savanna, in South Africa's...