NASA Photo ID: STS032-99-024       File Name: 10063462.jpg
  Film Type: 70mm                    Date Taken: 01/20/90
  Title: Namib Desert, Namibia, Africa
  Description:
  One of the driest regions on Earth, the Namib Desert, Namibia, Africa        
  (23.0N, 15.0E) lies adjacent to the Atlantic coast but upwelling oceanic 
  water causes a very stable rainless atmosphere.  The few local inland
  rivers  do not reach the sea but instead appear as long indentations where
  rivers  penetrate the dune fields and end as small dry lakes.  The vast
  dune fields    are the result of sands deposited over millions of years by
  the stream flow.                
  Subject terms:
  AFRICA                                  
  DESERTS                                 
  EARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM SPACE)         
  MOUNTAINS                               
  NAMIBIA                                 
  SAND DUNES                              
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