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A lone Desert Marigold pushes its way through the dry, cracked, and sun-hardened desert after a rare and substantial rainfall (Spring 2004).
photo: Navy / CW02 BAILEY
U.S. Forces in DESERT STORM, DESERT SHIELD
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U.S. Forces in DESERT STORM, DESERT SHIELD
photo: Navy / LCDR PARSONS
U.S. Forces in DESERT STORM, DESERT STORM
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Jodhpur
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Soldiers from Eagle Troop, 2nd Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, begin their day as the sun comes up in the Iraqi desert northeast of Falluja.
photo: Coalition or Allied Forces / CW02 ED BAILEY
U.S. Forces in DESERT STORM, DESERT SHIELD
photo: AP / Hasan Jamali
File - The sun sets on oil facilities Saturday, Feb. 7, 2009, in the desert oil fields of Sakhir, Bahrain.
photo: Army / TSGTJAMES D. MOSSMAN
Best of the U.S. Army,
photo: U.S. Army/Department of Defense
As the sun rises over above the desert, a Soldier guards the Kirkush Military Training Base in Iraq. The installation is used for training of Iraqi military personnel under the auspices of the Coalition Military Assistance Training Team. This photo appear
photo: U.S. Army/SGT Drew Lockwood
The sun rises behind a Soldier who scans the perimeter of Firebase Gereshk, Afghanistan. From his position on the observation tower he can see deep into the open desert beyond the walls of this remote encampment. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Drew Lockwoo
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Sun Devil Stadium
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Lance Cpl Matt Schlosser, Delta Company of the 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion (3rd LAR), 29 Palms, Calif., finishes putting up a shelter as the sun rises during Desert Environmental Survival Training in Borrego Valley, Calif., April 13, 2004.
photo: GFDL
Jaisalmer Fort is one of the largest of desert forts of the world. It is situated in Jaisalmer city in Indian state of Rajasthan. It was built in 1156 AD by the Bhati Rajput ruler Rawal Jaisal, from where it derives it name. The fort stands proudly admist the golden stretches of the great Thar Desert, on Trikuta Hill and had been the scene of many battles. Its massive yellow sandstone walls are a tawny lion color during the day, turning to a magical honey-gold as the sun sets and camouflages the
photo: NASA/GSFC/LaRC/JPL, MISR Team. file
2004/05/26 Sun Glint from Solar Electric Generating Stations - Depending upon the position of the Sun, the solar power stations in California´s Mohave Desert can reflect solar energy from their large, mirror-like surfaces directly toward one of th
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Croesus Receiving Tribute from a Lydian Peasant, by Claude Vignon.
photo: Creative Commons / LoverOfDubai
24 January 2007
photo: AP / Eugene Hoshiko
Tazhong oil field in the Taklamakan Desert of northwest China´s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region
photo: AP PHOTO / Misha Japaridze
The oil refinery in Turkmenbashy, Turkmenistan, on a shore of the Caspian Sea is shown July 20, 1997. Along the sun-blistered Caspian coast, where the desert meets the sea, the greatest oil rush in decades is starting to accelerate after billions of dollars of investments and repeated false starts. (AP PHOTO/Misha Japaridze)hg3
photo: GFDL
Sonne über der Sahara / Suno super Saharo / Sun over sahara desert. wnhires
photo: WN / heidi
Coachella Music Festival 2008, California
photo: AP / Nasser Nasser
Religion
photo: Centcom
Afghanistan and U.S. Army
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Jebel Barkal mountain in Nubia, a UNESCO World Heritage Site Sudan)
photo: Creative Commons / Gulustan
Rustam Ibragimbekov
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The Index is a mixed-use skyscraper designed by Foster and Partners currently under construction (topped out) in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
photo: U.S. Army
The sun rises behind a Soldier who scans the perimeter of Firebase Gereshk, Afghanistan. From his position on the observation tower he can see deep into the open desert beyond the walls of this remote encampment. ula1
photo: AP / Nasser Nasser
A woman walks by the St. George church, left and al-Ameen mosque near the tent city, that was set up a year ago in Hezbollah-led opposition to Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Saniora, at the nearly deserted down town Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, Nov. 30, 2007
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Landsat 7 Satellite image of the Phoenix Metro Area in 2002.
photo: US Army
As the sun rises over above the desert, a Soldier guards the Kirkush Military Training Base in Iraq. The installation is used for training of Iraqi military personnel under the auspices of the Coalition Military Assistance Training Team. ula1