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Great Lakes in Sunglint
Published July 22, 2012
Lake Ontario, Lake Huron, the Finger Lakes of New York, and numerous other bodies of water are brilliantly lit by sunglint in this astronaut photograph.
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Elusive Sprite Captured from the International Space Station
Published July 10, 2012
Red sprites, short-lived flashes caused by intense lightning, are rarely captured on camera.
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Al Jubayl, Saudi Arabia at Night
Published July 9, 2012
The bright lights of Al Jubayl’s industrial center stand out in a nighttime photograph from the International Space Station.
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The World’s Newest Capital City
Published July 2, 2012
Juba, a port city on the White Nile, is the capital of the new nation of South Sudan and is one of the fastest growing cities in the world.
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Polar Mesospheric Clouds, Northern Hemisphere
Published June 25, 2012
“Night-shining” clouds form at high altitudes in late spring and early summer.
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Alaid Volcano, Kuril Islands, Russian Federation
Published June 18, 2012
The highest volcano in the chain has a nearly perfect cone shape.
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Sor Kaydak, Caspian Sea, Kazakhstan
Published June 11, 2012
Salt and algae color the landscape and water around this marsh that lies below global sea level.
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Viewing the Transit of Venus from Space
Published June 7, 2012
For the first time in history, and the last time for a century, astronauts captured images of the planetary transit as viewed from orbit.
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Linear Dunes, Great Sand Sea, Egypt
Published June 4, 2012
Winds shape the sands that were left behind by an ancient river.
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Lake Powell and The Rincon, Utah
Published May 21, 2012
Man and nature have both altered the course of a southwestern U.S. river.
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Etosha Pan, Namibia
Published May 14, 2012
The salt-covered, dry lakebed is at the center of Namibia’s largest wildlife park and a major tourist attraction.
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Ouarkziz Impact Crater, Algeria
Published May 7, 2012
The crater was formed by a meteor impact less than 70 million years ago, during the “Age of Dinosaurs.”
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