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Panorama with image 009. The central cone at Waw an Namus surrounded by saline lakes. A few scattered palm trees and cane-type needly bush are found around the lakes.

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1958

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Panorama with image 009. The central cone at Waw an Namus surrounded by saline lakes. A few scattered palm trees and cane-type needly bush are found around the lakes. Hordes of mosquitoes that infest the lake are responsible for the name ("Namus" means mosquito). Libya. Circa 1958. Panorama published in U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 660, Figure 8. 1970.

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name photoLibrary ggh00008
number photoLibrary 13140
batch photoLibrary btch565
number_in_book photoLibrary 8

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