IMAGE OF THE DAY
09-20-2024
Makran coast of southeastern IranToday's Image of the Day from NASA Earth Observatory features an astronaut photograph of the Makran coast along the Arabian Sea. “Several capes and bays appear along the Makran coast - a strip of land along the Gulf of Oman in southeastern Iran and southwestern Pakistan. Nicknamed ‘hammerhead’ capes because of their elongated forms and narrow necks, the headlands are shaped by the region’s plate tectonics, primarily uplift,” said NASA. “The long curves of the bays’ shorelines show accumulations of sandy sediment. This...
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