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Plume from Kilauea’s Halema’uma’u Crater
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Published August 21, 2009
Acquired August 19, 2009, this true-color image shows a ghostly gray-blue plume blowing from the Halema'uma'u Overlook vent on the Kilauea Volcano. While the land surface around the vent is devoid of vegetation, plants apparently thrive to the east.
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Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Published August 18, 2009
Mongolia’s capital city of Ulaanbaatar occupies a valley along the Tuul River. Roughly 1,350 meters above sea level, and over 47 degrees north of the Equator, the city rests atop a sporadic permafrost zone, and ranks among the world’s coldest national capitals.
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Wildfire at Okanagan Lake, British Columbia
Published August 13, 2009
A large burned area that is part of the Terrace Mountain Fire near Okanagan Lake is visible beneath patchy clouds in this natural-color iamge from August 9, 2009.
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Prospect Park, Brooklyn
Published August 9, 2009
Acquired September 12, 2001, this true-color image of Brooklyn shows two green oases in the middle of cityscape: Prospect Park and Green-Wood Cemetery.
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Chernobyl, Ukraine
Published August 5, 2009
Twenty-three years after the explosion at Reactor Number Four, a NASA satellite glimpsed the remains.
Plume from Nyiragongo
Published July 29, 2009
Acquired July 28, 2009, this true-color image provides a relatively clear view of the summit of Nyiragongo Volcano as it releases a faint plume.
Carajás Mine, Brazil
The terraced layers of red earth that make up the Carajás Iron Ore Mine contrast with the deep green Amazon Rainforest in this cloud-free image.
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Published July 22, 2009
This true-color image shows a blue-gray plume blowing away from the bare-rock summit of Nyiragongo Volcano and toward the west-southwest on June 27, 2009.
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