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Data acquired July 2, 1984 720 x 600 JPEG
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The fast-growing city of Cairo has spilled onto desert plains well beyond the lush floodplain of the Nile River.
NASA Earth Observatory images by Lauren Dauphin, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey. Story by Adam Voiland.
Published April 2, 2020 Data acquired July 2, 1984 - September 5, 2019