These stunning satellite images look like abstract art – and they reveal much about our planet

This is an enhanced satellite image of Western Australia's Great Sandy Desert. Yellow sand dunes cover the upper right, red splotches indicate burned areas, and other colours show different types of surface geology. USGS/Unsplash, CC BY

Environmental scientists see flora, fauna and phenomena the rest of us rarely do. In this series, we’ve invited them to share their unique photos from the field.

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