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The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite acquired this true-color image on April 28.

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English: A spectacular, remote, and forbidding desert stretches across part of north-eastern Iran. Known as the Dasht-e Kavir, or Kavir Desert, it is the largest desert in Iran and extremely arid. Despite the modern-day lack of water and baking heat, the Kavir Desert hasn’t always been bone-dry. According to scientists, tens of millions of years ago this desert lay underneath a salt-rich ocean. Slowly- very slowly-the water evaporated, leaving behind a rugged region covered by a layer of salt. In some places, the residual salt is as much as 7 km (4.4 miles) thick. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite acquired this true-color image on April 28. Each patch of white is an area encrusted in salt and minerals.
Date Taken on 28 April 2024
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