The European Space Agency (ESA) is Europe’s gateway to space. Its mission is to shape the development of Europe’s space capability and ensure that investment in space continues to deliver benefits to the citizens of Europe and the world.
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This Proba image shows numerous small lakes in the otherwise arid environment of the Gobi Desert in the Chinese Autonomous Region of Inner Mongolia, surrounded by some of the highest and largest sand dunes in the world. This image was acquired on 29 September 2005 by the Compact High Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (CHRIS).