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Sahara Desert

Sahara Desert
Image taken 3/2/2002 by ASTER

Massive sand dunes have been swept around and between rock outcroppings in the barren Libyan Desert. Only a handful of oases lie scattered across this especially arid section of the vast Sahara Desert.

 

 

This image can be found on ASTER Path 179 Row 45, center: 22.31 N, 24.79 E.

Sahara Desert

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