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Erg Iguidi, Algeria
Erg Iguidi is one of several Sahara ergs, or ever-changing seas of sand that stretch from Algeria to Mauritania. It is an area of ever-shifting sand dunes that can exceed 500m in width and height – nearly one-third of a mile –in a flat area of desert with little or no vegetation cover.
What looks like pale yellow streaks slashing through a mosaic of mottled colors are ridges of wind-blown sand that form the Erg Iguidi. The center and upper right corner of the satellite image show a black sandstone rock. The light blue and white areas are limestone deposits and salt crusts left behind after evaporation of water in the area.
Image taken in
April 8, 1985
LandSat 5
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