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Open Pit Mines, Southern Arizona
Published February 8, 2010
This astronaut photograph illustrates three open-pit copper mines located west-northwest of the town of Green Valley, Arizona.
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Artificial Archipelagos, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Published February 1, 2010
Taken January 13, 2010, this astronaut photograph shows two artificial archipelagos along the Dubai coast: Palm Jumeirah and The World. The image also shows the 800-meter-tall Bhurj Khalifa high rise building.
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Tsauchab River and Sossus Vlei Lakebed, Namibia
Published January 25, 2010
A pale, dry riverbed cuts through the red dunes of the Namib Sand Sea.
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Greater Bridgetown Area, Barbados
Published January 18, 2010
Taken December 16, 2009, this astronaut photograph shows the greater metropolitan area of Bridgetown, Barbados. Gray-and-white urban areas along the coast contrast with green vegetation inland.
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Evaporation Ponds, Salar de Atacama, Chile
Published January 4, 2010
This astronaut photo from December 15, 2009, shows evaporation ponds in the Atacama Desert, where brines are evaporated to concentrate lithium salts.
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Mangroves, Dunes, and Desert on Baja California
Published January 1, 2010
Pale fields of sand dunes are interspersed with deep green, mangrove-lined streams on the southern Baja Peninsula.
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Sand Dunes in the Tenere Desert, Niger
Published December 28, 2009
Layers of dunes march across a sand sea in the east-central Tenéré Desert of Niger in this astronaut photo from December 1, 2009.
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Cloud Formations and Sunglint, Italy
Published December 21, 2009
An extreme sideways viewing angle and the mirror-like reflection of sunlight off water creates a dramatic astronaut photo of clouds over Italy’s Calabrian Peninsula.
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Lake Ilopango, El Salvador
Published December 14, 2009
This astronaut photo shows the blue-green waters of Lake Ilopango, which fills the caldera of a volcano in El Salvador that last erupted in 1879.
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Savage Islands, Atlantic Ocean
Published November 23, 2009
Bright white waves break along the fringing beaches of the Savage Islands in these astronaut photos from October 22, 2009.
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Thunderstorms on the Brazilian Horizon
Published November 9, 2009
Thunderstorms and other interesting clouds are captured in this astronaut photo over the Amazon Basin on October 6, 2009.
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El Misti Volcano and Arequipa, Peru
Published November 2, 2009
This astronaut photograph from October 16, 2009, shows Arequipa—Peru’ “White City”on the flanks of the towering El Misti Volcano.
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