The light brown colored land shows the Nile River, left, with the city of Atbarah at the intersection with another river, center left. The Merowe Reservoir is a dark blue body of water on the Nile on the far of the image. The border of the river appear green, feeder valleys from further right in the image all appear bright blue and channel toward the Nile. In the upper right are the dark open waters of the Red Sea with Port Sudan on the coast and some vivid bright blue cloud slightly further inland.

Floods Swamp Sudan

Flash flooding has inundated villages, swamped farmland, and damaged infrastructure. View the full story

Credits: NASA Earth Observatory/Lauren Dauphin

Tags

Earth Observatory Image of the Day

TakenAugust 31, 2024

Image CreditNASA Earth Observatory/Lauren Dauphin

Size720x480px