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Western Namibia

Throughout southern Africa, the a long line of broken cliffs and rock outcrops, called the Great Escarpment, separates coastal deserts from high-elevation inlands, with land levels rising swiftly.


NASA image created by Robert Simmon, using Landsat data provided by the United State Geological Survey (USGS). Caption by Michon Scott.

Published May 18, 2008
Data acquired January 10, 2000

Source:
Landsat 7 > ETM+