File:Rub’ al Khali-Empty Quarter-2001.jpg

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Description The Arabian Peninsula’s Empty Quarter, known as Rub’ al Khali, is the world’s largest sand sea, holding about half as much sand as the Sahara Desert. The Empty Quarter covers 583,000 square kilometers (225,000 square miles), and stretches over parts of Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, and the United Arab Emirates. The area shown resides in southeastern Saudi Arabia, midway between the United Arab Emirates to the north and Oman in the south.
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Author The Enhanced Thematic Mapper on NASA’s Landsat 7, Robert Simmon, caption by Michon Scott.
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Public domain This file is in the public domain in the United States because it was solely created by NASA. NASA copyright policy states that "NASA material is not protected by copyright unless noted". (See Template:PD-USGov, NASA copyright policy page or JPL Image Use Policy.)
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