Recently tweeted from the International Space Station, this image of the extremely arid West African coast of the Atlantic Ocean looks otherworldly.
Published Jun 30, 2014
Linear dunes and ephemeral streams converge on the eastern margin of the Simpson Desert in a region known for its floods.
Published Sep 15, 2012
Throughout southern Africa, the a long line of broken cliffs and rock outcrops, called the Great Escarpment, separates coastal deserts from high-elevation inlands, with land levels rising swiftly.
Published May 18, 2008
Narrow cordons of coastal dunes stretch for hundreds of kilometers along Argentina’s coast, including the Médano Blanco dunes near the arid and windy border of Patagonia.
Published Mar 7, 2011
Sand dunes and outcrops add color and dimension across the Namib Sand Sea.
Published Jan 13, 2020
Acquired September 18, 2009, this true-color image of Laguna Ojo de Liebre on Baja California shows the margins of industrialized salt works in the east and a famed marine mammal wintering site in the west.
Published Sep 27, 2009
Acquired April 14, 2013, this image shows a wake stretching more than 1,000 kilometers over the Pacific Ocean.
Published Apr 21, 2013
Acquired June 26, 2011, this natural-color image shows the deserts along the coastline of Namibia; most of that land has been protected by the government.
Published Oct 18, 2011
Even in China’s largest, driest, and hottest desert, vegetation sprouts in the spring.
Published May 5, 2020
From space, a hint of green betrayed the revival of plant life.
Published Apr 2, 2017
Unusual stream patterns in Western Australia seem to have origins inland and in the past.
Published Feb 15, 2016
