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Wadi Rum, Jordan
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Wadi Rum, Jordan

NASA / GSFC · 2017-12-08 · photograph (digital archive)

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NASA image acquired July 27, 2001 In southwestern Jordan lies an unusual landscape. Mountains of granite and sandstone rise next to valleys filled with red sand. Some of the mountains reach a height of about 1,700 meters (5,600 feet) above sea level, and many have near-vertical slopes. So alien is this landscape, it’s nicknamed “Valley of the Moon,” and it has served as the film set for a movie about Mars. Yet nomadic people have lived here for thousands of years.

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Wadi Rum, Jordanmountainsrockssatelliteredsandaerialnasajordanvalleyofthemoonlawrenceofarabiawadirum
Credit lineWadi Rum, Jordan. NASA/GSFC, 2017-12-08. Public domain. ID: GSFC_20171208_Archive_e001903.
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