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AST-14-890 (18 July 1975) --- An oblique view of unique drainage patterns in southwestern Africa in the Rio Cuando...
STS054-80-024 (13-19 Jan 1993) --- As the Shuttle was passing southeast over the coast of India, approaching the Bay...
The Lake Palanskoye in northern Kamchatka was formed when a large landslide disrupted the drainage pattern, forming...
River drainage patterns provide clues to the rock types and erosional processes involved in landscape evolution.
Bright, arc-shaped limestone hills and complex, branching drainage patterns dominate this three-frequency space...
STS049-91-079 (7 - 16 May 1992) --- This 70mm frame, photographed from the Earth-orbiting Space Shuttle Endeavour,...
On the border between Mongolia and China, southward draining ephemeral streams have carved a series of parallel...
SL2-05-397 (22 June 1973) --- New Orleans, Louisiana, Mississippi River, and Lake Pontchartrain (31.0N, 91.0W) can...
ISS019-E-005989 (9 April 2009) --- Red River floods in North Dakota and Minnesota are featured in this image...
SL4-139-3989 (February 1974) --- An oblique view of a portion of the Great Lakes area as seen from the Skylab space...
ISS038-E-025895 (5 Jan. 2014) --- Bazman volcano in Iran is featured in this image photographed by an Expedition 38...
ISS009-E-10382 (7 June 2004) --- Tucson, Arizona is featured in this image photographed by an Expedition 9...
SL3-84-202 (July-September 1973) --- A vertical view of the Montevideo, Uruguay area of South America is seen in...
The drainages in this image are part of Hebrus Valles, an outflow channel system likely formed by catastrophic...
Early in Martian history, liquid water energetically carved the surface, forming channel systems that look...
SL4-138-3875 (February 1974) --- A color oblique photograph looking east over the Rocky Mountains and Great Plains....
S73-35081 (July-September 1973) --- A view of approximately 3,600 square miles of north central Wyoming and southern...
ISS017-E-006184 (3 May 2008) --- NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA is featured in this image photographed...
ISS032-E-010482 (29 July 2012) --- Sutter Buttes in California are featured in this image photographed by an...
NASA image acquired Feb. 9, 2011 Less than 5 percent of Algeria’s land surface is suitable for growing crops, and...
S73-35082 (July-Sept. 1973) --- A near vertical view of a portion of west Africa ravaged by drought for the past...
SL3-88-053 (July-September 1973) --- A near vertical view of the Tennessee-Virginia-Kentucky border area is seen in...