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English: Caldera of Waw an Namus, an extinct volcano in Libya. A field of dark basaltic ash and tephra extends around the caldera that is about 4 kilometers (2 miles) wide. Within the caldera are three small salty lakes ringed with vegetation. The edge of a cinder cone is also visible near the center of the caldera. |
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| Source | The Operational Land Imager (OLI) on Landsat 8 (http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=86054) |
| Author | NASA's Earth Observatory |
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| current | 19:03, 13 February 2017 | | 720 × 480 (168 KB) | Waldyrious | {{Information | description = {{en|1=Waw an Namus, an extinct volcano in Libya, appears as a smear of dark basaltic ash and tephra that contrasts sharply with the light-colored sand of the Sahara Desert. South of the ash field, mud streams have begun... |
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