Instant facts
Where is it? Oil Don Field, Kazakhstan [49.0485097, 54.776320616]
What is in the picture? A large field of sand dunes in the form of slugs
Who took the picture? An unknown astronaut riding at the International Space Station
When was it taken? June 15, 2022
The picture of this exciting astronaut depicts a strange shape of dunes in Kazakhstan, which is firmly similar to a large slug across the earth’s landscape. Moloscar is covered with imitation plants, which suggests that its sand is slowly frozen in the place.
The Donfield is about 175 miles (280 km) northeast of the Caspian Sea in the western part of Kazaka Stype. It is the Sandwich between the West in the West (Left in the Shabiya) and a large flood field in the east (right in the shadow).
Its area covers about 75 75 square miles (190 square kilometers), which is three times higher than the size of Manhattan, and is about 13 miles (21 km) at its wide point. NASA’s Earth Observatory.
Mounds of mounds are natural depression, or sinking, within the surrounding landscape, usually in the regions that are capable of collecting sand in these holes with strong winds. In this case, the slug -shaped sink is about 300 300 feet (90 meters) below the height of the surrounding ground.
Most of the sand inside this sink begins with the adjoining flood field, as well as another flood field in the south (not shown in the image). When they are dry, a lot of sand is produced in the flood fields, because before that the coarse seeds trapped are scattered on the ground and blown out of the air. National Geographic.
Related: See all the best pictures of Earth from space
The parallel lines that appear across the dunes are on the edge of the sand as the prevailing air pushes the sand north. Over time, the positions of these sticks turn in one direction.
There are dark patch plants in the mound of the mound that have taken root in the sticks. If the concentration of this plant increases substantially, it can fix one place in place and prevent it from moving, which is like some dunes, along with different beaches around the world.
According to the Earth’s Observatory, most plants are focused along the south and west edges of the mound of the field, which causes water to come from the UIL, which snatches around the suburbs of the Eyeel according to the Earth’s Observatory.
Scientists are currently uncertain that if the rest of the Don Field will follow and control it through the life of plants in the future.
