This is a marvellous image of part of the Simpson Desert, NT.

This space image is approximately 30, 000 km2 in area and it captures how this remote part of Australia looked from 900 km out in space on June 7, 1981. There is spectacular and intriguing pattern within this image. The patterns of colour and texture are the consequence of natural processes that have been operating in these landscapes over the last million years or so. To me, the most eye catching patterns are those which are the most recent; they were generated in only the last ten years or so. Are you able to interpret the image and identify these patterns as well as speculate on their causes?

The image identification is WRS 107-077, 07/06/81.

The image size is 91.5 km by 86.2 km, or ~7, 890 km2.