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iss072e068304 (Oct. 13, 2024) --- The town and commune of In Ghar, with a population of over 11,000 in Algeria's...
iss072e474251 (Jan. 14, 2025) --- A portion of the Libyan Desert near the Northern Sudan city of Al Dabbah, on the...
The unusual lines of the X-36 technology demonstrator contrast sharply with the desert floor as the remotely piloted...
The unique X-48B Blended Wing Body subscale demonstrator banked over desert scrub at Edwards AFB during the...
iss069e004762 (April 20, 2023) --- Wadis, the Arabic term for drainage courses that contain water only when...
A bobcat resting leisurely on a retaining wall among the flowering bushes at Armstrong Flight Research Center in...
A bobcat surveying the landscape in between bushes at Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California. The...
iss073e0886770 (Oct. 1, 2025) --- Laguna Salada is a dry lakebed in the Baja California portion of the Sonoran...
Mike Miller demonstrates one of the backpacks his team designed and built for the Desert Research and Technology...
iss072e007016 (Oct. 1, 2024) --- The cold desert climate region of Kazakhstan on the coast of the Caspian Sea coast...
iss074e0316083 (Feb. 18, 2026) --- The far western edge of the Taklamakan Desert—the world’s second-largest shifting...
STS068-228-081 (30 September-11 October 1994) --- This northwest-looking view shows central Algeria with an unusual...
STS058-92-064 (18 Oct-1 Nov 1993) --- This oblique view, looking northeast from central Egypt, shows great expanses...
STS001-12-308 (12-14 April 1981) --- Space shuttle Columbia approached Edwards Air Force Base from the left to land...
STS052-152-047 (22 Oct- 1 Nov 1992) --- The Kalahari Desert had not seen any significant rainfall for months before...
A field team sets up equipment in the Nevada desert in February 2020 as part of a training session for scientists...
iss072e007019 (Oct. 1, 2024) --- The hot desert coast of Western Australia's sparsely-populated Pilbara region on...
iss072e862085 (March 26, 2025) --- The hot and arid desert coast of Angola on the Atlantic Ocean is pictured from...
iss073e0078403 (May 23, 2025) --- The sparsely populated, hot desert region of Western Australia near Neale Junction...
A front view of the Lunar Electric Rover (LER) during the Desert Research and Technology Studies (RATS) remote field...
iss072e519565 (Jan. 22, 2025) --- Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, the desert nation's capital and largest city with a...
STS072-709-063 (11-20 Jan. 1996) --- The astronauts aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour exposed this 70mm frame of...
The Desert Research and Technology Studies or RATS team is giving NASA's newly developed spacesuits, chariot and...
iss074e0320309 (Feb. 21, 2026) --- Wadis, dry riverbeds or channels that carry water only during the rainy season,...