NASA Photo ID: STS031-151-164      File Name: 10063605.jpg
  Film Type: 4x5                     Date Taken: 04/29/90
  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 the 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 they 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                              
  STS-31                                  
  

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