Images & Animations A speckled oasis in the desert

DEA Surface Reflectance - USGS Landsat 5 - 2010-12-22 - Gascoyne, Western Australia

Published:11 May 2023

DEA Surface Reflectance using false colour imagery to show the flooding in the desert in Gascoyne, in Western Australia, with pools filling up diverts behind sand dunes creating an opalescent sparkle in otherwise dry part of the continent.

DEA Surface Reflectance imagery of flooding along the Gacoyne River in the desert of Western Australia. The image is shown in false colour highlighting pools forming between sand dunes, creating an opalescent sparkle in otherwise dry part of the continent.
 

Creative Commons - Attribution International 4.0, © Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia) 2021. Input data from Landsat 5 courtesy of the US Geological Survey.

doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/rs6097952

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