NASA Photo ID: STS001-13-415       File Name: 10060357.jpg
Film Type: 70mm                    Date Taken: 04/14/81
Title: Great Kavir Salt Desert, Iran
Description:
Looking much like a piece of weathered wood, the Great Kavir Salt Desert
(34.5N, 54.5E) of Iran illustrates the effects of wind erosion on the 
landscape.  The region, known locally as the Dasht-e-Kavir, is about 300 
kilometers southeast of Tehran, and typified by intricately folded
sediments,  that have been leveled by wind erosion to leave these beautiful
and colorful  formations.                  
Subject terms:
BED (GEOLOGY)                           
DESERTS                                 
EARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM SPACE)         
FLATS (LANDFORMS)                       
IRAN                                    
STS-1                                   
WIND EROSION                            

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