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24 May 2025

An Iranian photographer sits atop a Kalut and captures the Milky Way Galaxy in the Shahdad Kalut Desert near Kerman, Iran, on May 22, 2025, at midnight. The word ''Kalut'' refers to a natural landform created by wind erosion in arid desert environments. Kaluts are large ridge-like or tower-shaped formations made from compacted sand and soil, sculpted over time by strong desert winds.

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24 May 2025

The Milky Way Galaxy appears over the Kaluts in the Shahdad Kalut Desert near Kerman, Iran, on May 23, 2025, at midnight. The word ''Kalut'' refers to a natural landform created by wind erosion in arid desert environments. Kaluts are large ridge-like or tower-shaped formations made from compacted sand and soil, sculpted over time by strong desert winds.

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24 May 2025

The Milky Way Galaxy appears over a Kalut in the Shahdad Kalut Desert near Kerman, Iran, on May 23, 2025, at midnight. The word ''Kalut'' refers to a natural landform created by wind erosion in arid desert environments. Kaluts are large ridge-like or tower-shaped formations made from compacted sand and soil, sculpted over time by strong desert winds.

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24 May 2025

The Milky Way Galaxy appears over the Kaluts in the Shahdad Kalut Desert near Kerman, Iran, on May 23, 2025, at midnight. The word ''Kalut'' refers to a natural landform created by wind erosion in arid desert environments. Kaluts are large ridge-like or tower-shaped formations made from compacted sand and soil, sculpted over time by strong desert winds.

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#12402782

24 May 2025

A Kalut is pictured in the Shahdad Kalut Desert near Kerman, 1,335 km (830 miles) southeast of Tehran, Iran, on May 23, 2025, at midnight. The word ''Kalut'' refers to a natural landform created by wind erosion in arid desert environments. Kaluts are large ridge-like or tower-shaped formations made from compacted sand and soil, sculpted over time by strong desert winds.

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24 May 2025

The Milky Way Galaxy appears over the Kaluts in the Shahdad Kalut Desert near Kerman, Iran, on May 23, 2025, at midnight. The word ''Kalut'' refers to a natural landform created by wind erosion in arid desert environments. Kaluts are large ridge-like or tower-shaped formations made from compacted sand and soil, sculpted over time by strong desert winds.

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#12402784

24 May 2025

An Iranian photographer sits atop a Kalut and captures the Milky Way Galaxy in the Shahdad Kalut Desert near Kerman, Iran, on May 22, 2025, at midnight. The word ''Kalut'' refers to a natural landform created by wind erosion in arid desert environments. Kaluts are large ridge-like or tower-shaped formations made from compacted sand and soil, sculpted over time by strong desert winds.

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#12402786

24 May 2025

A view of a Kalut in the Shahdad Kalut Desert near Kerman, 1,335 km (830 miles) southeast of Tehran, Iran, on May 22, 2025, at midnight. The word ''Kalut'' refers to a natural landform created by wind erosion in arid desert environments. Kaluts are large ridge-like or tower-shaped formations made from compacted sand and soil, sculpted over time by strong desert winds.

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24 May 2025

The Milky Way Galaxy appears over the Shahdad Kalut Desert near Kerman, Iran, on May 23, 2025, at midnight. The word ''Kalut'' refers to a natural landform created by wind erosion in arid desert environments. Kaluts are large ridge-like or tower-shaped formations made from compacted sand and soil, sculpted over time by strong desert winds.

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#12324053

2 May 2025

A view of natural landforms created by wind erosion in arid desert environments is in Shahdad Kalut Desert near the city of Kerman, Iran, on May 2, 2025. The word ''Kalut'' refers to a natural landform created by wind erosion in arid desert environments. Kaluts are large ridge-like or tower-shaped formations made from compacted sand and soil, sculpted over time by strong desert winds.

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#12324055

2 May 2025

A view of natural landforms created by wind erosion in arid desert environments is in Shahdad Kalut Desert near the city of Kerman, Iran, on May 2, 2025. The word ''Kalut'' refers to a natural landform created by wind erosion in arid desert environments. Kaluts are large ridge-like or tower-shaped formations made from compacted sand and soil, sculpted over time by strong desert winds.

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2 May 2025

A view of a natural landform created by wind erosion in arid desert environments in Shahdad Kalut Desert near the city of Kerman, Iran, on May 2, 2025. The word ''Kalut'' refers to a natural landform created by wind erosion in arid desert environments. Kaluts are large ridge-like or tower-shaped formations made from compacted sand and soil, sculpted over time by strong desert winds.

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2 May 2025

A view of natural landforms created by wind erosion in arid desert environments is in Shahdad Kalut Desert near the city of Kerman, Iran, on May 2, 2025. The word ''Kalut'' refers to a natural landform created by wind erosion in arid desert environments. Kaluts are large ridge-like or tower-shaped formations made from compacted sand and soil, sculpted over time by strong desert winds.

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#12324061

2 May 2025

A view of a natural landform created by wind erosion in arid desert environments in Shahdad Kalut Desert near the city of Kerman, Iran, on May 2, 2025. The word ''Kalut'' refers to a natural landform created by wind erosion in arid desert environments. Kaluts are large ridge-like or tower-shaped formations made from compacted sand and soil, sculpted over time by strong desert winds.

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2 May 2025

A view of a natural landform created by wind erosion in arid desert environments in Shahdad Kalut Desert near the city of Kerman, Iran, on May 2, 2025. The word ''Kalut'' refers to a natural landform created by wind erosion in arid desert environments. Kaluts are large ridge-like or tower-shaped formations made from compacted sand and soil, sculpted over time by strong desert winds.

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2 May 2025

A view of natural landforms created by wind erosion in arid desert environments is in Shahdad Kalut Desert near the city of Kerman, Iran, on May 2, 2025. The word ''Kalut'' refers to a natural landform created by wind erosion in arid desert environments. Kaluts are large ridge-like or tower-shaped formations made from compacted sand and soil, sculpted over time by strong desert winds.

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