Image:Sahara satellite hires.jpg

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Description	English: Sahara desert from space
Source	Cropped from Image:Africa satellite plane.jpg
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Author	NASA
Permission (Reusing this image)	see below
Other versions	Cropped from this image

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	Date/Time	Thumbnail	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	17:52, 9 February 2007		7,432×4,168 (8.53 MB)	Howcheng	(artifact cleaned up)
	03:16, 9 February 2007		7,432×4,168 (8.31 MB)	KFP	(Sahara desert from space. Cropped from Image:Africa satellite plane.jpg.)

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