This image was acquired by Landsat 7 Enhanced Thematic Mapper plus (ETM+) on January 24, 2001 and was curated as a part of USGA's Earth as Art series, which highlights the beauty of the earth through satellite data. It depicts a former wetland area north of Al-Basrah, Iraq on its border with Iran, which has been walled off and drained, now used for military exercises. It is false-color composite image made using near-infrared, red, and green wavelengths, which sharpened using the sensor’s panchromatic band. This area known as the Mesopotamian marshland was initially partially drained by the British to reclaim land for agriculture and clear area for oil exploration, but was later used by Saddam Hussein as a tool of war and revenge to evict Shias that have taken refuge in the marshes after the 1991 rebellion.
- ID:LE07_L1TP_166039_20010124_
20170208_01_T1 - Acquisition Date:24-JAN-01
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