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Remote Sensing Finds an Underground Lake in Darfur
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All Points Blog links to a NPR article on an underground lake found in Darfur with the help of remote sensing. From the article: "Remote sensing experts say they may have found a huge reservoir of water underneath one of the driest and most troubled places in the world. [...] In recent years, more than 200,000 people have died in conflicts in Dafur. These conflicts are partly due to disputes over water and other natural resources. Farouk El-Baz, director of the Center for Remote Sensing at Boston University, found the buried lakebed — the size of Massachusetts — while examining satellite maps of underground rock formations in western Sudan."
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Remote Sensing Finds an Underground Lake in Darfur
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