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The Lluta River provides a lifeline of water to one of the driest places in the world. However, the water is steeped with arsenic and boron.


NASA Earth Observatory image by Jesse Allen and Robert Simmon, using EO-1 ALI data provided courtesy of the NASA EO-1 team. Caption by Adam Voiland. Congratulations to Jaimen W. for solving the October Puzzler the fastest. Congratulations also to Javier Canete, Alan W, and Juan Pablo Joui for offering some interesting details about the area.

Published November 2, 2013
Data acquired July 19, 2012

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EO-1 > ALI