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Rock Outcroppings in the Libyan Desert

 

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.

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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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