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Razazah Lake, pink in shade in the main body, and green in the lower narrow U-shaped bend, are surrounded by land that appears to have a marbled effect. The land is primarily a beige sandy color. To the lower left are numerous crop fields in perfect circles. These circles are all darker in shade, mostly appearing dark brown. In the bottom right is the city Karbalā, where the settlement appears the land appears grayer further right of that the land is dark with foliage, a canal runs to the city from the right edge of the image.

Iraq’s “Sea of Salt”

Water levels were low in Razazah Lake when an astronaut snapped this photograph from the International Space Station.

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