Keywords: Massive sand dunes have been swept between rock outcroppings in the barren Libyan Desert. Only a handful of oases lie scattered across this especially arid section of the vast Sahara Desert. This scene was acquired on March 2nd, 2002, by the ASTER instrument on NASA's Terra satellite. (Credit: NASA/U.S. Geological Survey) Massive sand dunes have been swept between rock outcroppings in the barren Libyan Desert. Only a handful of oases lie scattered across this especially arid section of the vast Sahara Desert. This scene was acquired on March 2nd, 2002, by the ASTER instrument on NASA's Terra satellite. (Credit: NASA/U.S. Geological Survey) |