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English: Natural-colour image of the Kuiseb River. Around Walvis Bay, where the Kuiseb has traditionally drained into the sea, salt works appear as rectangular shapes of orange and brown. Nearby shallow water appears green. South of the salt works, nature takes over. Irregularly shaped dark patches indicate standing water on the desert surface where water has apparently pooled at the end of the Kuiseb River. In the east, the river’s braided channels resemble dark, tangled threads. This image shows numerous sand dunes that have migrated past the Kuiseb and now border on Walvis Bay.
Afrikaans: Satellietbeeld in natuurlike kleur van die Kuisebrivier in Namibië. Suid van Walvisbaai, waar die Kuisebrivier tradisioneel in die see uitgemond het, staan soutwerke uit as reghoekige vorms in oranje en bruin, terwyl vlakwaterpanne groen vertoon. Suid van die soutwerke neem die natuur oor. Onreëlmatig gevormde donker vlekke teen die woestynsand toon aan waar water uit die Kuiseb blykbaar staande poele gevorm het. Na die ooste vervleg die donker drade van die rivier se kanale. In die beeld is etlike duine sigbaar wat oor die Kuiseb migreer het en nou Walvisbaai begrens. |
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| Source | Image captured by the Advanced Land Imager (ALI) on NASA’s Earth Observing-1 (EO-1) satellite. ALI data provided courtesy of the NASA EO-1 team and the United States Geological Survey. |
| Author | Jesse Allen and Robert Simmon |
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