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Human Fingerprints on an Ancient Landscape

The Cretaceous sandstone of Libya’s Messak Settafet plateau shows signs of a modern oil field and Stone Age quarries and hunting sites.


NASA Earth Observatory images by Michala Garrison, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey. Story by Adam Voiland.

Published November 26, 2024
Data acquired November 17, 2024

Source:
Landsat 9 > OLI-2