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Description QeshmIsland NASA.jpg	English: Qeshm Island in the Strait of Hormuz, Iran. This image is a combination of two images acquired by the Enhanced Thematic Mapper on NASA’s Landsat 7 satellite فارسی: تصویر ماهواره‌ای از جزیرهٔ قشم در تنگهٔ هرمز
Date	23 August 2000
Source	http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=7460
Author	NASA image using data provided courtesy of the University of Maryland’s Global Land Cover Facility


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English: Qeshm Island in the Strait of Hormuz, Iran. This image is a combination of two images acquired by the Enhanced Thematic Mapper on NASA’s Landsat 7 satellite.

Other languages:

English : Qeshm Island in the Strait of Hormuz, Iran. This image is a combination of two images acquired by the Enhanced Thematic Mapper on NASA’s Landsat 7 satellite.

Italiano : Isola di Qeshm nello stretto di Hormuz , Iran . Quest'immagine è la combinazione di due foto scattate dall' Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus installto sul satellite Landsat 7 .

Magyar : Qeshm-sziget, Irán (A kép a Landsat 7 NASA műhold két képének kombinációjával készült.)

Nederlands : Het eiland Qishm in de Straat van Hormuz , Iran. De foto is een combinatie van twee afbeeldingen door NASA’s Landsat 7 -satelliet.

Русский : Остров Кешм , вид из космоса.

中文：伊朗霍尔木兹海峡格什姆岛。

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