PIA11015: Algeria
The impermanent waterways shown here from NASA's EarthKAM are part of Oued Irharrhar, which appear to be carrying sulfur (yellow) and iron (red) deposits. The city of Amguid is located on these waterways, and all lie in the Mouydir Mountains in Algeria.
 Target Name:  Earth
 Is a satellite of:  Sol (our sun)
 Mission:  ISS EarthKam 
 Spacecraft:  Space Shuttle
 Instrument:  Electronic Still Camera 
 Product Size:  3060 x 2036 pixels (w x h) 
 Produced By:  JPL 
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA11015.tif (18.69 MB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA11015.jpg (1.659 MB)  

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Original Caption Released with Image:

These impermanent waterways are part of Oued Irharrhar, which appear to be carrying sulfur (yellow) and iron (red) deposits. The city of Amguid is located on these waterways, and all lie in the Mouydir Mountains in Algeria.

This image was taken from the Space Shuttle on February 21, 2000.

Photojournal note:
EarthKAM was formerly known as KidSat. To see images of KidSat, see https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/KidSat .

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL/UCSD/JSC

Image Addition Date:
2008-09-04