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Ice-Free Crater Lakes on Ungava Peninsula
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Published November 29, 2012
Usually the lake within Pingualuit Crater freezes by mid-September. In 2012, its circular blue surface still appeared to be free of ice in late-November.
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A Block of Thwaites
Published November 10, 2012
Researchers working on Operation Icebridge captured fresh photos and data from the ice on the bottom of the world.
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Following the Trail
Published October 26, 2012
Exhaust trails mark the flight of a Soyuz rocket that delivered crew members to the International Space Station.
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Storms Approaching
Published September 28, 2012
A photographer from Kansas—and a NASA satellite hundreds of miles above—captured images of severe thunderstorms sweeping across Kansas in May.
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When Wildfire Smoke and Thunderstorms Collide
Published July 11, 2012
In June, the High Park fire sent a smoke plume billowing toward thunderstorms in northeastern Colorado. Scientists on NASA’s DC-8 were on hand to witness what happened when the two met.
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Derecho Strikes the Eastern United States
Published July 3, 2012
Taken June 29, 2012, this photograph shows a shelf cloud on the leading edge of a violent storm system that blew across the eastern United States.
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Greenland in White, Brown, and Blue
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Published May 31, 2012
Meltwater accumulates in the rocky terrain near the northeastern coast.