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Great Sandy Scars

Image Details
Collection Earth as Art
Description In a small corner of the vast Great Sandy Desert in Western Australia, large sand dunes—the only sand in this desert of scrub and rock—appear as lines stretching from left to right. The light-colored fan shapes are scars from wildfires.
Date Acquired August 1st, 2000
Source Landsat 7
Scale 1"= 1.6 miles(2.5km)
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