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Three years worth of NASA satellite imagery from space show an ancient lava field in the middle of the Sahara Desert.

This alien-looking planet is the Earth seen from space as sandstorms and cumulonimbus clouds cover the Sahara Desert,'' the caption reads. Another simply said, ''Wow.'' A third commented ...

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