Gobi Desert Near Dunhuang

The ruins of an ancient Chinese watchtower from the Han Dynasty (202 BC - 220 AD)

Wikipedia Commons Image

 

International Space Station 180mm Photograph

Image credit:  Image Science and Analysis Laboratory, NASA Johnson Space Center (http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov)

 

 

GOBI DESERT NEAR DUNHUANG 40.50N, 94.50E

The link is to the Wikipedia page on Dunhuang.

 

 

 

 

ZERO MAGNIFICATION IMAGE

REFLECTANCE SPECTRUM

1X MAGNIFICATION (RED LINE  = 1MM)

3X MAGNIFICATION (RED LINE  = 1MM)

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This sample was contributed by a faculty member  at the  Gates Intermediate School, Scituate, Massachusetts.

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