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Emi Koussi and Aorounga, Chad
Published January 9, 2012
Two neighboring craters in Africa had very different origins.
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Menindee Lakes, New South Wales, Australia
Published January 2, 2012
Ephemeral lakes grow with a fresh pulse of water in December 2011.
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Love and Joy for the New Year
Published January 1, 2012
A comet rises into view from the east around the December solstice.
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Iberian Peninsula at Night
Published December 26, 2011
After dark, a fiesta of lights provides the outline for Spain and Portugal.
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Do You See What They See
Published December 24, 2011
Astronauts and Santa Claus have a similar view of the planet.
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Lake Eyre Floods, South Australia
Published December 19, 2011
Lake Eyre did something in 2011 that it doesn’t do very often: it took on new water.
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Dust Plume over the Bahia Blanca
Published December 12, 2011
Northwestern and central Argentina are subject to frequent dust storms, such as this one viewed in November 2011 from the ISS over South America.
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South Shetland Islands and Antarctica
Published December 5, 2011
Astronauts on the ISS captured an unusual, airplane-like view of the Antarctic Peninsula and nearby islands.
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Snowfall on the Selenga River Delta, Russia
Published November 28, 2011
The Selenga River Delta, which stretches out into Russia’s Lake Baikal, is carved by an intricate network of channels and levees and surrounded by marshlands.
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Hovering on the Horizon
Published November 26, 2011
The limb of the Earth is a work of awesome beauty and a gift to science.
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Israel-Egypt-Gaza border region
Published November 21, 2011
A clearly visible line marks about 50 kilometers of the international border between Egypt and Israel.
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Re-entry of Progress Spacecraft 42P
Published November 14, 2011
Astronauts captured this view of a Progress supply ship streaking across the sky as it re-enters Earth’s atmosphere.
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