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Over just a few decades, this Red Sea settlement has morphed from a small village into a haven for tourists.


NASA Earth Observatory images by Jesse Allen and Adam Voiland, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey. Caption by Adam Voiland.

Published January 15, 2015
Data acquired January 28, 1985 - November 28, 2014

Sources:
Landsat 5 > TM
Landsat 8 > OLI