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Davenport-Murchison Range, Northern Territory, Australia

The Davenport Ranges of central Australia, known for their striking oval and zigzag patterns, are one of many dramatic landscapes mapped during the 2000 Shuttle Radar Topography Mission.


NASA Earth Observatory image by Jesse Allen, using elevation data from the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) courtesy of the University of Maryland’s Global Land Cover Facility. Caption by Rebecca Lindsey.

Published February 18, 2010

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