China, Xinjiang, desert Lop Nur. Satellite picture of the Basin of the formerly sea <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Lop_Nur" title="Lop Nur">Lop Nur</a> in the Desert of  Lop. In the foreground Kuruktagh, in the background Kumtagh and Astintagh. A duststorm is blowing to the west over the Desert of Lop. Two lakes appear in a break in the clouds covering the Plateau of Astintagh. Visible are elongated Ayakkum Hu Lake south-southwest of Lop Nur and small blue-green Gas Hu Lake.
NASA. Image courtesy of Earth Sciences and Image Analysis Laboratory, NASA Johnson Space Center. Color adjusting of this image (using Adobe Photoshop 6.0): Michael Gaebler, 02. March 2006, own work, all rights released (Public domain).
1992-09-13
NASA Mission: STS047, Roll-Frame 151 – 26, File name STS047-151-26.JPG.  <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="ftp://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/EFS_highres_STS047_STS047-151-26.JPG">[1]</a>. See also: <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/sseop/EFS/images.pl?photo=STS047-151-26">[2]</a>.