In western Sudan, lies a network of volcanic mountains and fertile valleys where just enough rain falls to sustain agriculture. This mountainous region contains a volcanic field known as Jebel Marra.
Published Jan 20, 2009
In the arid stretches of southern Algeria lies the Ouargla Oasis. The imagery shows both urbanization near the oasis, and an assortment of irrigated fields in the region.
Published Feb 1, 2009
Rainfall from the remnants of Tropical Cyclone Mekunu dropped enough rain over the Arabian Peninsula to form lakes between the sand dunes in the Rub’ al-Khali.
Published Jun 15, 2018Image of the Day Heat Land Water Unique Imagery Remote Sensing
Acquired on August 23, 2010, and August 27, 2009, these false-color images show part of Niger before and after torrential rains that began in July 2010.
Published Aug 31, 2010
One example of increasing aridity in Mali appears in Lake Faguibine. Starting in the late 1980s, a drop in precipitation steadily dried the lake. Even though normal rainfall resumed after the year 2000, the lake remained nearly dry.
Published Aug 10, 2008
Even in China’s largest, driest, and hottest desert, vegetation sprouts in the spring.
Published May 5, 2020
Severe drought choked East Africa, particularly Kenya, though much of 2009. This image shows the cumulative effect of the drought on vegetation just as the drought-breaking rains began to fall in October.
Published Oct 31, 2009
