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Mangroves, Domes, and Flats on the UAE Coast
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Mangroves, Domes, and Flats on the UAE Coast

The United Arab Emirates coast is home to complex assortment of natural features.

Published Apr 13, 2013

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Colorful Salt Lakes in Western Australia
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Colorful Salt Lakes in Western Australia

Many of the salt lakes in Western Australia are found along the valleys of ancient river systems that no longer flow.

Published Mar 26, 2016

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Tropical Cyclone Bianca
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Tropical Cyclone Bianca

Acquired January 27, 2011, this natural-color image shows Tropical Cyclone Bianca off the coast of Western Australia.

Published Jan 26, 2011

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Salt Ponds, Botswana
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Salt Ponds, Botswana

This detailed astronaut photograph shows the salt ponds of one of Africa’s major producers of soda ash (sodium carbonate) and salt. Soda ash is used for making glass, in metallurgy, in the detergent industry, and in chemical manufacture. The image shows a small part of the great salt flats of central Botswana known as the Makgadikgadi Salt Pans.

Published May 13, 2007

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Flooding in Western Australia
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Flooding in Western Australia

Published Jan 17, 2006

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Rann of Kutch, India
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Rann of Kutch, India

Once submerged under an arm of the Arabian Sea, this dry lowland is now rich in salt.

Published May 18, 2015

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Filling up Lake Carnegie
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Filling up Lake Carnegie

Thanks to a wet summer, water levels rose in this ephemeral lake in Western Australia.

Published Apr 25, 2020

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Salty Botswana
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Salty Botswana

Makgadikgadi Pan is one of the largest salt flats in the world.

Published Jul 1, 2019

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Salt Evaporation Ponds, Dead Sea
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Salt Evaporation Ponds, Dead Sea

The complex of Jordanian salt evaporation ponds at the southern end of the Dead Sea has expanded significantly over the past dozen years. The western margin of the salt ponds marks the Jordan-Israel border. In August 1989, when the crew of Space Shuttle mission STS-28 photographed the region, the northern extension did not exist and the large polygonal ponds in the northwestern and northeastern sectors had not been subdivided. In the view taken by the STS-102 crew in March 2001, one can see that there has also been expansion at the southeastern end, and that levees now segment the northeastern wedge into four ponds.

Published May 13, 2001

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Coloring the Great Salt Lake
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Coloring the Great Salt Lake

Colorful, mineral-rich salt flats are nestled between the Promontory Mountains and the Great Salt Lake.

Published Oct 4, 2020

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Sediment Patterns, Western Australia
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Sediment Patterns, Western Australia

Once clouds have cleared away, the effects of major storms often can be viewed from space for days and weeks.

Published Oct 31, 2016

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Shoemaker Impact Structure, Western Australia
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Shoemaker Impact Structure, Western Australia

The Shoemaker impact site in Australia may have been formed as long as 1.63 billion years ago.

Published Jul 18, 2011

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Betsiboka Estuary, Madagascar
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Betsiboka Estuary, Madagascar

The Betsiboka Estuary on the northwest coast of Madagascar is the mouth of Madagascar’s largest river and one of the world’s fast-changing coastlines. Nearly a century of extensive logging of Madagascar’s rainforests and coastal mangroves has resulted in nearly complete clearing of the land and fantastic rates of erosion. After every heavy rain, the bright red soils are washed from the hillsides into the streams and rivers to the coast. Astronauts describe their view of Madagascar as “bleeding into the ocean.” One impact of the extensive 20th century erosion is the filling and clogging of coastal waterways with sediment—a process that is well illustrated in the Betsiboka estuary. In fact, ocean-going ships were once able to travel up the Betsiboka estuary, but must now berth at the coast.

Published Apr 12, 2004

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Flooding in Western Australia
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Flooding in Western Australia

Published Feb 20, 2003

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