File:Cultivating Egypt’s Desert.jpg
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DescriptionCultivating Egypt’s Desert.jpg |
English: Egypt’s Western Desert is dry, which is not surprising; it is, after all, a desert. But this part of the eastern Sahara (west of the Nile River) is so dry—receiving just centimeters of rainfall per year—that researchers describe it as “hyper-arid.” As such, it seems unlikely that much would grow there.
Greenery, however, has been cropping up in the area in recent decades. On February 26, 2017, the Operational Land Imager (OLI) on Landsat 8 captured these natural-color images of East Oweinat, one of Egypt’s land reclamation projects aimed at making some desert areas suitable for agriculture. Read more: go.nasa.gov/2Exzc6s Credit: NASA Earth Observatory NASA image use policy. NASA Goddard Space Flight Center enables NASA’s mission through four scientific endeavors: Earth Science, Heliophysics, Solar System Exploration, and Astrophysics. Goddard plays a leading role in NASA’s accomplishments by contributing compelling scientific knowledge to advance the Agency’s mission. |
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