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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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White Sands Dust Storm
Published April 30, 2012
Astronauts on the International Space Station observed an intense winter dust storm in White Sands National Monument, New Mexico.
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