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Dasht-e Kavir, Iran. Like poster paints run wild, this image reveals an eclectic montage of landscapes in Iran’s largest desert, the Dasht-e Kavir, or Great Salt Desert. The word “kavir” is Persian for “salt marsh”. The almost uninhabited region covers an area of more than 77,000 square kilometres and is a mix of dry streambeds, desert plateaus, mudflats, and salt marshes. Extreme heat, dramatic daily temperature swings, and violent storms are the norm in this inhospitable place. Image taken February 10, 2003, by Landsat 7. (Photo by NASA/GSFC/USGS EROS Data Center)
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