Sand Dunes, Afghanistan
This ASTER image covers an area of 10.5 x 15 km in southern Afghanistan and was acquired on August 20, 2000. The band 3-2-1 composite shows part of an extensive field of barchan sand dunes south of Kandahar. The shape of the dunes indicates that the prevailing wind direction is from the west. The image is located at 30.7 degrees north latitude and 65.7 degrees east longitude. http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA11099
- Date
- 2001-10-22
- Photographer / author
- NASA/GSFC/METI/ERSDAC/JAROS, and U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team
- Collection
- JPL
- Archive
- NASA Image and Video Library
- Type
- photograph
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"Sand Dunes, Afghanistan" (2001-10-22). NASA/JPL/NASA/GSFC/METI/ERSDAC/JAROS, and U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team. Public domain. https://images.nasa.gov/details/PIA11099Need photos for a whole script? Add Find Any Photo to Claude and ask for this one by its id: 90900.
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