Egypt’s North Sinai Agricultural Development

This time series of photographs of the Mediterranean coast near the Suez Canal shows ten years of changes associated with two of Egypt’s “Mega” Development Projects. At the mouth of the canal, a large auxiliary channel has been formed as part of a new central hub port and industrial zone, known as the East Port-Said Project. Further south, the effects of the Al-Salam (El Salam or “Peace”) Canal and North Sinai Agricultural Development Program can be seen as desert is converted to irrigated agriculture.

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Images STS040-77-91, STS073-708-83, STS090-728-55, and STS100-703-46 were provided by the Earth Sciences and Image Analysis Laboratory at Johnson Space Center. Additional images taken by astronauts and cosmonauts can be viewed at the NASA-JSC Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth.

Published June 10, 2001
Data acquired June 7, 1991 - April 20, 2001

Source:

Space Shuttle > Medium Format Camera

Collection:

Astronaut Photography