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A Sign of Surging on Bivachny Glacier
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Published March 17, 2015
The looping medial moraines on Tajikistan’s Bivachny glacier offer a clue of periods when it surged rapidly forward.
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San Diego
Published March 16, 2015
Astronauts flying on the International Space Station took this photograph of California’s southernmost coastal city.
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Volcanoes, Vog, and Vortices
Published March 9, 2015
Vog haze is transported hundreds of kilometers downwind of the Big Island of Hawaii, forming subtle but distinct alternating swirls.
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Djibouti and the Southern Red Sea
Published March 2, 2015
The nation is strategically positioned on one of the world's busiest shipping lanes, with access to the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean.
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New Zealand in Sunglint
Published February 23, 2015
New Zealand is seldom photographed from orbit because it is one of the cloudier parts of planet, and because crew sleep periods often occur when the ISS passes over the area.
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Eastern Canada, Day and Night
Published February 16, 2015
Astronauts aboard the International Space Station took these midwinter panoramas of the St. Lawrence River and surrounding cities.
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Memphis, Tennessee
Published February 9, 2015
Set on bluffs above the muddy, flood-prone Mississippi River, the city has long been a crossroads of water-borne and land transportation in the heartland of America.
Fortification Patterns on the Iraq-Iran Border
Published February 2, 2015
Fortifications and earthworks from an old war look very similar to oil pads from drilling operations.
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India by Night and Day
Published January 26, 2015
Two photos, taken 48 years apart, provide contrasting views of southern Asia.
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The Electric Eye of Cyclone Bansi
Published January 25, 2015
Lightning illuminated the center of the storm as the space station flew over at night.
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