Muddy brown water spreads into Australia's Lake Eyre through a triangular delta in this natural-color Landsat image from May 9, 2009. The water transformed the dry basin into a vast inland sea where flocks of birds gathered to breed.
Published May 24, 2009
A blanket of white comes and goes from the mountains and deserts of the American West.
Published Apr 16, 2018
Declining water levels in this saline lake in northwestern China have exposed playa prone to producing dust storms.
Published Nov 25, 2014
Lake Turkana is the largest desert lake in the world and contains a treasure trove of early human fossils.
Published Feb 2, 2021
Salt and algae lend color to the bed of this desert lake in Iran.
Published Feb 20, 2017
Lake Titicaca, at an elevation of 12,507 feet (3,812 meters) in the Andean Altiplano, is the highest large lake in the world. More than 120 miles long and 50 miles wide, it was the center of the Incan civilization, and today straddles the boundary between Peru and Bolivia.
Published Dec 22, 2003
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