Star Dunes
by Nasa/gsfc/meti/ersdac/jaros And U.s./japan Aster Science Team
Title
Star Dunes
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Nasa/gsfc/meti/ersdac/jaros And U.s./japan Aster Science Team
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Photograph - Photograph
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Star dunes. Satellite image of star dunes in the Grand Egg Oriental, a large field of sand dunes in the Sahara Desert, Algeria. Star dunes are large pyramid-shaped sand dunes that only form in areas where winds blow from multiple directions. They comprise about 8.5 percent of the world's sand dunes. Image acquired by the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) on NASA's Terra satellite, on 27th September 2012.
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July 26th, 2016
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