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Fire in the Sky and on the Ground
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Published September 27, 2011
Astronauts on the International Space Station captured these views of the aurora australis and wildfires in Australia.
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Hurricane Katia off the Northeastern US Coastline
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Published September 26, 2011
Viewed from the space station, Hurricane Katia presented an impressive cloud circulation as its center passed the northeastern coast of the United States on September 9, 2011.
Sand Dunes, Junggar Basin, Northwestern China
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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.
Melt Ponds, Petermann Ice Island
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Published September 17, 2011
Petermann Ice Island A still behaves like the massive ice sheet it left 14 months ago.
Owens Lake, California
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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).
Wildfire Smoke Plumes over Texas
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Published September 8, 2011
This panoramic view of east-central Texas highlights numerous smoke plumes caused by wildfires burning across the state.
India-Pakistan Borderlands at Night
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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.
Northwestern Europe at Night
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Published August 29, 2011
Several of the oldest cities of northwestern Europe are highlighted in this nighttime astronaut photograph from August 10, 2011.
Kaliningrad, Baltic Sea, Russia
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Published August 22, 2011
This ISS photograph captures two great lagoons to the north and south of Kaliningrad, Russia: Vistula Lagoon and Kurshsky Bay.
Looking Down on a Shooting Star
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Published August 17, 2011
Astronauts captured this unusual view of a Perseid meteor descending into Earth's atmosphere in August 2011.
Island of Crete, Greece
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Published August 15, 2011
Crete is the largest and most heavily populated island of Greece.
Biomass Burning, Southern Africa
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Published August 8, 2011
A smoke pall dominates this view of tropical southern Africa, one of the most fire-prone regions of the world.