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A “New Delta” in the Desert
A large-scale project in Egypt aims to transport water to the desert west of the Nile in a push to increase the region’s agricultural capacity.
This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story A “New Delta” in the Desert.
NASA Earth Observatory images by Lauren Dauphin, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey. Story by Adam Voiland.
Published December 28, 2024
Data acquired November 28, 2018 - November 20, 2024
- Sources:
- Landsat 8 > OLI
- Landsat 9 > OLI-2