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Sand dunes advancing on Nouakchott, the capital of Mauritania.

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http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2002/06dec_dunes.htm (alternate version: http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/deserts/desertification/)

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Georg Gerster

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current	21:17, 28 April 2006		500 × 182 (34 KB)	Holly Cheng	{{Information \| Description=Landsat image of sand dunes advancing on Nouakchott, the capital of Mauritania. \| Source=http://exploration.nasa.gov/articles/06dec_dunes.html \| Date=not specified \| Author=NASA \| Permission=US Government, public domain }}

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