Keywords: outdoor serene texture Like frantic brushstrokes, fire scars cover the arid landscape near Lake Amadeus (upper right) in Australia's Northern Territory. Lake Amadeus is rich in salts that have been leached out of the underlying sediments. When dry, its lake bed is transformed into a glistening sheet of white salt crystals. This scene was acquired on January 3rd, 2003, by the ASTER instrument on NASA's Terra satellite. (Credit: NASA/U.S. Geological Survey) Like frantic brushstrokes, fire scars cover the arid landscape near Lake Amadeus (upper right) in Australia's Northern Territory. Lake Amadeus is rich in salts that have been leached out of the underlying sediments. When dry, its lake bed is transformed into a glistening sheet of white salt crystals. This scene was acquired on January 3rd, 2003, by the ASTER instrument on NASA's Terra satellite. (Credit: NASA/U.S. Geological Survey) |