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Unique Earthly Landscape

Captured by NASA's Earth Observing-1 (EO-1) satellite on July 27, 2001, this natural-color image shows the unusual landscape of Wadi Rum in southwestern Jordan. A land where granite and sandstone mountains with vertical slopes and filled with red sand tower throughout the landscape, it is often called "Valley of the Moon".

 

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Image Number: GSFC_20171208_Archive_e001903

Date: July 27, 2001

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