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A Lake Materializes in the Sahara Desert, Offering a Glimpse Into Africa's Past

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Sebkha el Melah , an ephemeral lake in Algeria , formed after a cyclone walloped parts of northern Africa in September .

As of last week , the lake was about 33% full and covered an area of 74 square miles ( 191 square kilometers ) The images were taken by the Operational Land Imager-2 (OLI-2 ) aboard NASA 's Landsat 9 .

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