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Namib Desert, Namibia
Image captured on 21 April 2019, by the MODIS instrument, aboard the Terra satellite
True-color image of the Namib Desert in Namibia. It is one of the world's largest and oldest deserts in the world. The image was acquired on 21 April 2019 by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) instrument, aboard the Terra satellite.
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