Feathering Desert
Belgium satellite PROBA-V, run by the ESA, took this image of the Ténéré region in Niger, one of the most extreme regions of the Sahara desert. The feather-like structures are created as the southwest wind shifts the sand.
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Belgium satellite PROBA-V, run by the ESA, took this image of the Ténéré region in Niger, one of the most extreme regions of the Sahara desert. The feather-like structures are created as the southwest wind shifts the sand.