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 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.
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