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Earth As Art A Sharq El Owainat, Egypt story

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  1. Sharq El Owainat, Egypt
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Description

The view of this region from Landsat is so fascinating, it’s the subject of two Earth As Art images. These and all Earth As Art images can be downloaded for free from the EROS Image Gallery.

Eerie Cloud Shadows

Geometric Desert

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Eerie Cloud Shadows — Earth As Art 4

Eerie Cloud Shadows — Earth As Art 4

Geometric Desert — Earth As Art 4

Geometric Desert — Earth As Art 4

Eerie Cloud Shadows — Earth As Art 4
Geometric Desert — Earth As Art 4

Sharq El Owainat, Egypt Additional Imagery & Stories

Landsat’s Accuracy
Landsat’s Accuracy

The Sharq El Owainat airport is visible on the right side of these images. The runway appears in the 1997 image. Landsat’s accuracy is key to other sy...

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Picking Calibration Sites
Picking Calibration Sites

Engineers use test sites around the world to make sure Landsat imagery is consistent and accurate. These calibration test sites are regions on the Ear...

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Watering the Sahara
Watering the Sahara

One of the best test sites, named Egypt-2, was steadily reliable until around the late 1990s. In a vast expanse of Sahara Desert in southern Egypt, ce...

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