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iss072e069133 (Oct. 16, 2024) --- Ancient settlements surround this circular, geological feature in the hot, desert...
iss071e615337 (Sept. 9, 2024) --- This portion of the Victoria River, located near the Tanami Desert in Australia's...
iss060e003647 (July 4, 2019) --- NASA's Neil A. Armstrong Flight Research Center and Edwards Air Force Base are...
The X-38 Crew Return Vehicle touches down amidst the California desert scrubbrush at the end of its first free...
F-104A #818 flown by Einar Enevoldson and F-104A #820 flown by Gary Krier in formation over the Mojave Desert....
iss066e137375 (Feb. 7, 2022) --- A portion of the Sahara Desert in Algeria, with sand dunes, rocky platforms and...
iss065e046554 (May 14, 2021) --- The far eastern, desert portion of Western Australia near the border with Northern...
iss069e089635 (Sept. 18, 2023) --- The eroded Aorounga meteorite impact crater, also known as the "Eye of the...
iss069e037428 (July 26, 2023) --- The city lights of Mecca, Islam's holiest city in the desert valley of western...
The Orion team performed the first of a series of development tests at U.S. Army Yuma Proving Grounds on Sept. 27,...
iss066e126129 (Jan. 26, 2022) --- The semi-desert, southern coast of Iran on the Persian Gulf is pictured from the...
ISS043E182380 (05/08/2015) --- NASA astronaut Scott Kelly aboard the International Space Station captured this...
iss066e144029 (Feb. 15, 2022) --- The hot and arid desert geography of Kerman Province in central Iran is pictured...
iss067e302507 (Sept. 1, 2022) --- The Karakum Desert oasis in the Mary region of Turkmenistan is pictured from the...
The F-15 ACTIVE in flight above the Mojave desert on April 14, 1998. The overhead shot shows the aircraft's striking...
iss067e003783 (April 6, 2022) --- The Namib Desert is pictured from the International Space Station as it orbited...
The X-36 technology demonstrator shows off its distinctive shape as the remotely piloted aircraft flies a research...
iss065e009516 (April 29, 2021) --- The isolated volcanic crater Waw an Namus in Libya with three small saltwater...
iss064e029032 (Feb. 4, 2021) --- The desert city of Dubai, on the Persian Gulf coast of the United Arab Emirates, is...
iss066e024016 (Nov. 1, 2021) --- The Niger River in the African nation of Mali is pictured from the International...
iss059e099177 (June 10, 2019) --- The Nile River, Red Sea and Mediterranean Sea are contrasted by the desert nations...
iss068e051442 (Feb. 12, 2023) --- Chandler, Arizona, southeast of the state's capital city of Phoenix, is pictured...
iss064e026005 (Jan. 26, 2021) --- The subtropical desert climate of the southern coast of Peru is pictured from the...
The unusual design of the Proteus high-altitude aircraft, incorporating a gull-wing shape for its main wing and a...