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Dasht-e Kavir, Iran

Dasht-e Kavir, Iran
Like swirls of paint on an enormous canvas, shallow lakes, mudflats, and salt marshes share the sinuous valleys on Iran's largely uninhabited Dasht-e Kavir, or Great Salt Desert. This image was acquired by Landsat 7's Enhanced Thematic Mapper plus sensor.

Like swirls of paint on an enormous canvas, shallow lakes, mudflats, and salt marshes share the sinuous valleys on Iran’s largely uninhabited Dasht-e Kavir, or Great Salt Desert. This image was acquired by Landsat 7’s Enhanced Thematic Mapper plus sensor.Image Credit: NASA/USGS