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Cities of the Dead, Nile River Delta, Egypt
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Cities of the Dead, Nile River Delta, Egypt

This detailed astronaut photograph illustrates a portion of the Nile Delta that includes two royal cemeteries, Abusir and Saqqara-North.

Published Dec 1, 2008

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Pyramids at Giza, Egypt
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Pyramids at Giza, Egypt

The tombs of the old pharaohs are a favorite subject of photography by astronauts in orbit.

Published Sep 24, 2012

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Legends of the Egyptian Temples
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Legends of the Egyptian Temples

Modern Luxor is full of relics and reminders of ancient Egypt.

Published Jun 3, 2019

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Bahariya Oasis
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Bahariya Oasis

In the Western Desert of Egypt, date and olive groves stand out alongside an ancient settlement.

Published Jun 20, 2016

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Fires in the Nile River Delta
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Fires in the Nile River Delta

In fall 2014, the MODIS sensor detected several small fires in the Nile River Delta.

Published Oct 20, 2014

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Cairo, Egypt
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Cairo, Egypt

Published Sep 27, 2002

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Crop Circles in Sharq El Owainat
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Crop Circles in Sharq El Owainat

Greenery sprouts from the Sahara Desert in Egypt thanks to the Nubian Sandstone Aquifer System.

Published Sep 18, 2017

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New Ground for an Ancient City
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New Ground for an Ancient City

The fast-growing city of Cairo has spilled onto desert plains well beyond the lush floodplain of the Nile River.

Published Apr 2, 2020

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Cultivating Egypt’s Desert
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Cultivating Egypt’s Desert

This part of the eastern Sahara is very dry, but greenery has been cropping up in recent decades.

Published Mar 11, 2017

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Lights along the Nile
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Lights along the Nile

City lights define the Nile River Valley as it snakes across the Egyptian desert. The cities of Naj’ Hamadi, Qena, and Luxor, shine the brightest. Communities in the hillsides create a thin border along either side of the valley. Simliar strips line the Nile itself. Most of Egypt’s population, and most of the country’s arable land, occupies the Nile River Valley.

Published Jun 25, 2003

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Agriculture in Egypt’s Western Desert
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Agriculture in Egypt’s Western Desert

Pioneering agricultural projects were planned to encourage people to leave the very heavily populated Nile Delta and to seek economic opportunities in the desert.

Published Dec 16, 2018

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The Nile
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The Nile

Published Mar 8, 2001

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Madrid, Spain
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Madrid, Spain

Published Nov 7, 2003

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Spring Greening in the Taklamakan Desert
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Spring Greening in the Taklamakan Desert

Even in China’s largest, driest, and hottest desert, vegetation sprouts in the spring.

Published May 5, 2020

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Egyptian Dust Plume, Red Sea
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Egyptian Dust Plume, Red Sea

Airborne dust draws the eye to the place where Africa and Arabia once fit together.

Published Jul 8, 2013

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Inland Delta of the Niger River
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Inland Delta of the Niger River

For millennia, the river has been the most important water supply in the western Sahara Desert.

Published Oct 27, 2014

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Cairo at Night
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Cairo at Night

Home to one-fifth of Egypt’s population, it is the largest city in the Middle East and Africa’s second largest.

Published Apr 6, 2015

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Central Saudi Arabia: Riyadh and dunes
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Central Saudi Arabia: Riyadh and dunes

Astronauts aboard the International Space Station took this photograph when the desert center of Arabia was partly obscured by a dusty atmosphere.

Published Dec 8, 2014

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