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Horn of Africa seen from the space shuttle.

by

Nasa/Novapix

Reference

t-afsom-00001

Date

2006-12-08

The orange and tan colors of this high-oblique photograph of the Horn of Africa indicate an arid-to-semiarid landscape in the northern half of the east African country of Somalia.  The southern extent of the Saudi Arabian Peninsula is visible north across the Gulf of Aden.May 2 1993.