Dasht-e Kavir desert in Iran [5822×5820 | Landsat 7]
Picture found by the Ditpub “Beautiful World” searcher.
Original was/is available from http://eoimages.gsfc.nasa.gov/images/imagerecords/2000/2432/landsat_art_kevir_lrg.jpg
Some learning, selected for this occasion 🙂
Dashtelah-ye Sofla (Persian: دشتله سفلي, also Romanized as Dashtelah-ye Soflá) is a village in Qarah Su Rural District, in the Central District of Kermanshah County, Kermanshah Province, Iran.
Kavir (Persian: كوير, also Romanized as Kavīr) is a village in Chahardangeh Rural District, Hurand District, Ahar County, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran.
A desert is a barren area of land where little precipitation occurs and consequently living conditions are hostile for plant and animal life.
Iran (/ɪˈrɑːn/ or /aɪˈræn/; Persian: ایران [ʔiːˈɾɑn]), also known as Persia (/ˈpɜrʒə/ or /ˈpɜrʃə/), officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, is a country in Western Asia.
The Landsat program is the longest running enterprise for acquisition of satellite imagery of Earth. On July 23, 1972 the Earth Resources Technology Satellite was launched.
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