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Thanks. Indeed there is a difference in satellite pics:Stunning pictures !
Can you post some pictures of Negev desert afforestation or plantation of dry shrubs to make it less desert-like ? I became curious after looking at some satellite vegetation maps of the region ... from Egypt border into Israel, the ground color becomes less yellow and a little brownish ... and it is clearly different. So, some large scale anti-desertification campaign must have been going on in the negev.
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Here some Negev fields:
Rahat Bedouin town on background:
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Northern Negev hills:
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Poppy field near Gaza:
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But overwhelming majority of Negev is deserted.