Green Circles Reveal a Lost Arabian Lake

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Source: The Daily Galaxy
Green Circles Reveal a Lost Arabian Lake
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Satellite imagery shows Jubbah in Saudi Arabia's Nafud Desert using center-pivot irrigation over a subsurface aquifer, creating green circular fields in a basin that once hosted a much larger lake; the site preserves rich inscriptions and rock art dating back thousands of years and sheds light on ancient human migration and climate shifts.

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