Earth from Space: Wind-inspired design

The pastel colours and soft, flowing shapes in this Envisat radar image of the Tanezrouft Basin in the Algerian Sahara contradict the harshness of the terrain that has led to it being commonly referred to as the ?Land of Terror?.



Stone and pebbles make up most of the Sahara surface in Northern Africa. Erosion ? first by water, now by wind ? has created this landscape of hills, basins, steep canyon walls, stone plateaus and multi-storey sand dunes.

The concentric loop patte [...]

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