Dasht e lut salt desert12/30/2023 NASA images created by Jesse Allen, Earth Observatory, using data provided courtesy of the NASA/GSFC/MITI/ERSDAC/JAROS, and U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team. Astronauts on the International Space Station photographed salt lakes from Dasht-e Lut and nearby faulted rocks on February 28, 2006. ASTER acquired this image on July 17, 2003.ĭasht-e Lut’s dramatic landscapes are a popular remote-sensing target. Golden dunes make swirling pattenrs across the image, becoming less tightly packed in the bottom of the scene. The Rut Desert, popularly known as Dashte Rut (Persian:, Empty Plain), is a large salt desert located in the provinces of Kerman, Sistan. In this image, the white areas are saltpans-the aftermath of water that drained into the basins among the dunes and later evaporated. This area consists of sand, and it contains some of the world’s tallest dunes, some reaching a height of 300 meters (1,000 feet). The picture on the right shows part of the southeastern portion of Dasht-e Lut. ASTER acquired this image on May 13, 2006. These wind-sculpted ridges are known as yardangs, and geologic research has determined that Iran contains some of the world’s largest yardangs. The strong diagonal lines result from wind erosion that has carved deep troughs and sharp ridges into the landscape. The picture on the left shows part of the central portion of Dasht-e Lut. These images, captured by the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) on NASA’s Terra satellite show landscapes so different, one can scarcely imagine they come from the same part of the world, let alone the same desert basin. Although the entire salt desert has just one name, it has more than one appearance. The desert fills a low basin that stretches southward from the Khorasan province into the Kerman province. Roughly 480 by 320 kilometers (300 by 200 miles), Dasht-e Lut is a large salt desert in southeastern Iran.
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