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Massive sand dunes have been swept between rock outcroppings in the barren Libyan Desert.Only a handful of oases lie scattered across this especially arid section of the vastSahara Desert.
This scene was acquired by the ASTER instrument on NASA’s Terra satellite onMarch 2, 2002.
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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A colorful ridge and winding glacial meltwater river meet amidst dune fields in western China.
In southeastern Libya, Jabal Arkanū’s concentric rock rings stand as relics of past geologic forces that churned beneath the desert.
An astronaut captured a moonrise—and much more—in a series of photos taken from the International Space Station.
