moshoo
15-12-2009, 08:33 PM
It only rains every 20-50 years in the Western Desert. How ever, tow million years ago very heavy rain fell there and ahuge quantity of water collected under the desert sand. today, we need tis water and the person we have to thank for finding it is one of Egypt's most famous men , Dr Farouk El-Baz
Remote sensing
Dr El-Baz ,who is aspace scientist and ageologist ,is the Director of Remotr sensing at boston University in the USA. he is the World's greatest expert in remote sensing :the use of satellites to find water under desert. Underground water was found in the Western Desert and in sinsai thanks to photographs which he took from satellites
Spase projects
From 1967 to 1973 ,Dr El-Baz worked on the American Apollo space Project, which landed men on the moon. Dr El-Baz was born in zagaaig in 1938 and was educated at Ain shams University
Remote sensing
Dr El-Baz ,who is aspace scientist and ageologist ,is the Director of Remotr sensing at boston University in the USA. he is the World's greatest expert in remote sensing :the use of satellites to find water under desert. Underground water was found in the Western Desert and in sinsai thanks to photographs which he took from satellites
Spase projects
From 1967 to 1973 ,Dr El-Baz worked on the American Apollo space Project, which landed men on the moon. Dr El-Baz was born in zagaaig in 1938 and was educated at Ain shams University