True color Terra/MODIS satellite image of the Persian Gulf rendered in Lambert azimuthal equal area projection.

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True color Terra/MODIS satellite image of the Persian Gulf, rendered in Lambert azimuthal equal area projection. Relief shading of land topography and ocean bathymetry has been applied. Based on imagery produced and owned by the Blue Marble Next Generation project at NASA Visible Earth ().

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Size: 6149px × 5087px
Photo credit: © ASP GeoImaging/NASA / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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