Even in China’s largest, driest, and hottest desert, vegetation sprouts in the spring.
Published May 5, 2020
Acquired March 2, 2011, this natural-color image shows dust hovering over the Taklimakan Desert.
Published Mar 2, 2011
Researchers are using satellite data to understand where locusts may spread during the largest infestation in eastern Africa in decades.
Published Mar 30, 2020
Over the course of 25 years, farms have sprouted in the Arabian Desert, fueled by deep and old groundwater.
Published May 12, 2012
Acquired March 28, 2009, these images provide two views of Arizona’s Painted Desert.
Published Jul 17, 2011
An astronaut’s lens captures the diversity of textures in a central Iranian landscape.
Published Jan 19, 2016
From space, a hint of green betrayed the revival of plant life.
Published Apr 2, 2017
Acquired March 12, 2011, this natural-color image shows dust plumes blowing from the west margin of the Taklimakan Desert.
Published Mar 14, 2011
