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Western Cape Fires on the Outeniqua Mountains
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Published July 3, 2017
In June 2017, astronauts aboard the International Space Station were asked to take photographs of widespread wildfires on South Africa’s mountainous southern coast.
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Lights On and Over the Southern Horizon
Published July 2, 2017
An astronaut caught a glimpse of the aurora australis while looking out across the Indian Ocean.
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Coal Mines, Eastern Germany
Published June 26, 2017
An astronaut managed to capture the size and detail of the artificial landscape that results from strip mining.
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Fish Ponds and Rice Fields, Lower Guadalquivir River
Published June 19, 2017
Along the delta of the Guadalquivir River, fish farming takes a more natural course.
Eastern New Orleans
Published June 12, 2017
Known as the rural side of New Orleans, the landscape is largely marshes and bayous and old European names.
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Meidob Volcanic Field
Published June 5, 2017
This geologically young volcanic field in western Sudan has nearly 700 vents and craters.
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Drainage Patterns and Wind Farms in Northwest China
Published May 29, 2017
Turbines and alluvial fans scratch out shapes across the flat landscape.
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Corinth Canal
Published May 22, 2017
This passage through the Peloponnese Peninsula was 2500 years in the making.
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Burlington, Iowa, and the Mississippi Floodplain
Published May 15, 2017
The city has a commanding view of the fertile and well-vegetated river basin and plain.
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Mount Silla and Monterrey
Published May 10, 2017
A saddle-shaped mountain distinguishes a region that carries a heavy economic load for Mexico.
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The I-95 Corridor at Night
Published May 1, 2017
A nearly uninterrupted string of lights stretches from Philadelphia to Hartford.
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South Australia, Wet and Dry
Published April 24, 2017
The landscape near the southern Murray River contrasts fertile farmland with dry lakes.
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