Wadi Al Dawasir, Saudi Arabia - Public domain scan / drawing
Summary
In the middle of the Arabian desert the city Green Oasis Wadi Al Dawasir is being developed as a new urban center for the Wadi Al Dawasir region of Saudi Arabia, as shown in this image from NASA Terra spacecraft. Huge solar fields supply the entire city and the surrounding region with energy. Hundreds of circular agricultural fields are fed by center pivot irrigation apparatus, drawing water from subterranean aquifers. The image was acquired March 30, 2013, covers an area of 30 x 45 km, and is located at 20.2 degrees north, 44.8 degrees east. http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA20077
NASA/GSFC/METI/ERSDAC/JAROS, and U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team
Tags
Date
20/10/2015
Location
California Institute of Technology - Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 34.20139, -118.17341
Source
NASA
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Public Domain Dedication (CC0)