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Desert Patterns - April 13th, 2003 Description: Seen through the "eyes" of a satellite sensor, ribbons of...
Bright, arc-shaped limestone hills and complex, branching drainage patterns dominate this three-frequency space...
Fog is the only source of moisture for desert dwelling animals and plants living in the Namib Desert sand dune...
This close-up view of the intensively cultivated Nile River flood plain near Cairo presents a sharp color contrast...
In July of 2005, a continent-sized cloud of hot air and dust originating from the Sahara Desert crossed the Atlantic...
STS059-306-034 (9-20 April 1994) --- The radiating transportation pattern of this 20th-Century urban plan is nicely...
ISS038-E-047388 (14 Feb. 2014) --- As the International Space Station passed over the deserts of central Iran,...
ISS038-E-026862 (8 Jan. 2014) --- The Western Sahara Desert is featured in this image photographed by an Expedition...
This is a C-band, VV polarization radar image of the Namib desert in southern Namibia, near the coast of South West...
ISS005-E-11189 (25 August 2002) --- Calanscio Sand Sea, Libya is featured in this digital image photographed by an...
STS054-152-189 (13-19 Jan. 1993) --- This near-vertical color photograph shows the very diverse landscape that is...
STS066-122-091 (3-14 Nov. 1994) --- This November 1994 view looking south-southeast shows clouds over the Okavango...
Acquisition Date: November 10, 2002 In the desert of southwest Peru, between the Andes Mountains and the Peruvian...
AS09-26A-3781A (11 March 1969) --- Colored infrared photograph of the mouth of the Colorado River in northern Baja...
ISS017-E-013789 (19 Aug. 2008) --- Desert erosion in Libya is featured in this image photographed by an Expedition...
This radar image of the Shangri-La Sand Sea on Titan from NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows hundreds of sand dunes are...
The Shangri-La Sand Sea on Titan is shown in this image from the Synthetic Aperture radar (SAR) on NASA's Cassini...
This radar image is centered near the small town of Pishan in northwest China, about 280 km (174 miles) southeast of...
ISS035-E-009454 (25 March 2013 ) --- One of the Expedition 35 crew members aboard the Earth-orbiting International...
ISS029-E-037471 (3 Nov. 2011) --- Egypt?Israel borderlands, northern Sinai Peninsula and northern Negev Desert are...
Precipitation (falling rain and snow) is our fresh water reservoir in the sky and is fundamental to life on Earth. A...
NASA image acquired January 17, 2001 Though the above image may resemble a new age painting straight out of an art...
ISS010-E-05266 (28 October 2004) --- The Al Khufrah Oasis is featured in this image photographed by an Expedition 10...
NASA's Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation (EMIT) collected this hyperspectral image of the Amazon River...