Mangroves, Dunes, and Desert on Baja California as Seen from the ISS

Along the west coast of Baja California, roughly one third of the peninsula?s length from its southern tip, the land pokes westward like a slightly bent elbow. The area is a combination of sparsely vegetated desert, sand dunes, mangroves, braided streams, shallow coastal waters, and mountainous islands.



In this astronaut photograph, taken from a vantage point west of the peninsula, north is toward the upper left. Toward the east, the desert appears in shades of tan and beige. Blue-green  [...]

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