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This image shows an area of eastern Morocco. Morocco is located in northwest Africa, bordered by the Mediterranean Sea, the Atlantic Ocean, Mauritania, and Algeria. Morocco is a leading producer and exporter of phosphates and also mines iron ore, copper, lead, zinc, cobalt, molybdenum, and coal. The image shows a portion of the Atlas mountains near the town of Rissani, which is located in northeast Morocco about 50 km (31 mi) from the Algerian border. In this image, dark areas between brighter rock outcrops are channels covered in sand that serve as conduits for seasonal streams that run through the dry desert region. The image was obtained by SIR-C/X-SAR on the Space Shuttle Endeavour on April 15, 1994 and shows an area about 34 km (21 mi) on a side.