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Southeastern Jordan

 

Meandering wadis combine to form dense, branching networks across the stark,arid landscape of southeastern Jordan. The Arabic word “wadi” means agulley or streambed that typically remains dry except after drenching, seasonalrains.

This scene was acquired by the ASTER instrument on NASA's Terra satellite onMay 17, 2001.

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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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