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Iran’s Rainbow Island
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Published October 26, 2020
A mix of uplifting salt and other sedimentary and metamorphic rocks make for colorful landscapes in the Persian Gulf.
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Record-Setting Fires in Colorado and California
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Published October 21, 2020
The Cameron Peak and August Complex fires have punctuated a year of natural drama in the American West.
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Winter is Coming
Long blue shadows on the snow portend frigid days ahead in this far eastern corner of Siberia.
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Rebounding in Hudson Bay
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Published October 19, 2020
Raised beaches around the bay in Canada’s Ontario Province show how the landscape responded after the last ice age.
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Assessing California Fire Scars
Published October 14, 2020
Analyzing subtle differences in near-infrared and shortwave-infrared light from the landscape, scientists can provide some measure of the severity of wildfire burns.
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Romania’s Patchwork of Farm Fields
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Farms in the historic Oltenia province display a compelling array of shapes and sizes.
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The Specter of a Mega-Tsunami in Alaska
Published October 5, 2020
Landsat images helped convince researchers that a slumping mountainside overlooking Barry Arm fjord could pose a tsunami hazard.
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Sandy Plains in the Arctic
Unlike the vegetated tundra of its neighboring islands, Bunge Land is a barren sandy plain that also serves as a land bridge.
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