NASA Photo ID: SL4-138-3756        File Name: 10076365.jpg
Film Type: 70mm                    Date Taken: 12/27/73
Title: Northern half of Mauritania's Atlantic Coast from Skylab
Description:
The northern half of Mauritania's Atlantic Coast (20.0N, 16.5W), as 
photographed from the Skylab space station in Earth orbit by one of the 
Skylab 4 crewmen. Spanish Sahara is just out of the picture to the north.
The  linear chains of sand dunes leading to the sea were the objects of
study in  an effort to better understand deserts and their functions.                 

Subject terms:
ATLANTIC OCEAN                          
COASTS                                  
EARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM SPACE)         
MAURITANIA                              
ONBOARD ACTIVITIES                      
PHOTOGRAPHY                             
SAND DUNES                              
SKYLAB 4                                
SKYLAB PROGRAM                          

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