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Like swirls of paint on an enormous canvas, shallow lakes, mudflats, andsalt marshes share the sinuous valleys on Iran’s largely uninhabitatedDasht-e Kavir, or Great Salt Desert.
This image was acquired by Landsat 7’sEnhanced Thematic Mapper plus (ETM+) sensor.
Image provided by the USGS EROS Data Center Satellite Systems Branch as part of the Earth as Art II image series
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