• Satellite view of a estuary in the mostly-desert climate of Iran. The estuary features small branches that give it a tree-like shape.
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    NASA’s EO-1 satellite captured this image over Musa Bay on January 20, 2015. Located in southern Iran, Musa Bay is a shallow estuary and the country’s busiest port. Resembling the branches of a tree, the dendritic drainage pattern seen in this image is created by local rivers and streams flowing into the bay.

  • Satellite view of a estuary in the mostly-desert climate of Iran. The estuary features small branches that give it a tree-like shape.

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January 20, 2015

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