False-colour satellite image of sand dunes in the Rub al Khali - the "Empty Quarter",one of the World's most extreme deserts. Located between Oman and South Yemen to the south and southern Saudi Arabia to the north,the Rub al Khali occupies a region measuring 1300km by 500km. This desert supports few plants or animals and no permanent human settlements; its major features are long ridges of dry wind-blown sand (sief dunes). The dry sand appears yellow in this false-colour image. This particular image is of a section near the border of Saudi & South Yemen,& was recorded by the Landsat earth resources mapping satellite on 2nd December,1972 | |
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Crédit: | Science Photo Library / US Geological Survey |
Taille de l’image : | 4571 px × 3907 px |
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