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Go to topicThe map displays the Al Fashir region in Sudan/Darfur based on LANDSAT archive images and SPOT and Envisat's ASAR fresh acquisitions of August 2004. The background image allows different surface properties to be pictured, such as desert with dunes and rocks as well as wadis and riverbeds.
(Copyrights - Envisat data: ESA 2004; RADARSAT data: CSA 2004; SPOT data: CNES 2004 distributed by Spot Image; LANDSAT data: Global Land Cover Facility)