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Linear Dunes and Playas, Simson Desert, South Australia, Australia
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Linear Dunes and Playas, Simson Desert, South Australia, Australia

This image of abstract shapes is comprised numerous subparallel, very long, orange colored linear dunes and patchy grey dry lakes (playas). The dunes are aligned north to south in the great central basin of Astralia (27.0S, 138.0E). The regularity of the dunes is created by the winds blowing from the south. As the dunes advance, jaged edges on the south side of each dry lake are formed while the north side is eroded smooth by the wind and water.

Date
1991-12-01
Collection
JSC
Archive
NASA Image and Video Library
Type
photograph

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"Linear Dunes and Playas, Simson Desert, South Australia, Australia" (1991-12-01). NASA/JSC. Public domain. https://images.nasa.gov/details/s44-81-055

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