This satellite image shows numerous lava fields the general landscape is a dark brown with veins of lighter color, likely caused by erosion over the decades. The land is also pock marked with craters, at the top of the image the lavaflow leaves a distinctly black rock, and butted right below that is a light beige volcanic deposit, creating significant contrast. down and too the right there continue to be more craters and deposits is a more neutral brown color, but there is another, but more eroded black lava flow toward the bottom of the image

White and Black Volcanoes of Saudi Arabia

Contrasting colors of lava and ash reveal the geologic origins of Harrat Khaybar’s volcanic cones. View the full story

Credits: NASA Earth Observatory / Lauren Dauphin
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TakenApril 25, 2024
Image CreditNASA Earth Observatory / Lauren Dauphin
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