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This true-color image of the Dead Sea was taken on September 10, 2000, by the MODerate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) flying aboard NASA's Terra spacecraft.

Image courtesy Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Land Group, NASA GSFC

Italiano: Il Mar morto visto dal satellite

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http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/Images/modis_near_east_lrg.jpg

Date

image taken on 10. Sep. 2000

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NASA, earthobservatory, http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/

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(Reusing this image)

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german version

air view of Middle East

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