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Sand Dunes, Junggar Basin, Northwestern China
Published September 19, 2011
This photograph taken by an astronaut on the International Space Station highlights a sand dune field within the Burqin-Haba River-Jimunai Desert near the borders of China, Mongolia, Russia, and Kazakhstan.
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Melt Ponds, Petermann Ice Island
Published September 17, 2011
Petermann Ice Island A still behaves like the massive ice sheet it left 14 months ago.
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Owens Lake, California
Published September 12, 2011
California’s Owens Lake was once part of a much larger lake and river system during the Pleistocene Epoch (about 3 million to 12,000 years ago).
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Wildfire Smoke Plumes over Texas
Published September 8, 2011
This panoramic view of east-central Texas highlights numerous smoke plumes caused by wildfires burning across the state.
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India-Pakistan Borderlands at Night
Published September 5, 2011
Clusters of yellow lights on the Indo-Gangetic Plain reveal numerous cities large and small, as well as a border fence.
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Northwestern Europe at Night
Published August 29, 2011
Several of the oldest cities of northwestern Europe are highlighted in this nighttime astronaut photograph from August 10, 2011.
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Kaliningrad, Baltic Sea, Russia
Published August 22, 2011
This ISS photograph captures two great lagoons to the north and south of Kaliningrad, Russia: Vistula Lagoon and Kurshsky Bay.
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Looking Down on a Shooting Star
Published August 17, 2011
Astronauts captured this unusual view of a Perseid meteor descending into Earth's atmosphere in August 2011.
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Island of Crete, Greece
Published August 15, 2011
Crete is the largest and most heavily populated island of Greece.
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Biomass Burning, Southern Africa
Published August 8, 2011
A smoke pall dominates this view of tropical southern Africa, one of the most fire-prone regions of the world.
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Massachusetts Coastline in Sunglint
Published August 1, 2011
Bathed in sunlight reflecting on the water, the Massachusetts coast and islands are the focus of this astronaut photograph.
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Comet Atlantis
Published July 28, 2011
Space Shuttle Atlantis streaked across the sky to its final landing at Kennedy Space Center.
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