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Fontenelle Fire from the International Space Station
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Published July 6, 2012
Astronauts captured this view of smoke billowing from the Fontenelle Fire in Wyoming three days after it began.
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The World’s Newest Capital City
Published July 2, 2012
Juba, a port city on the White Nile, is the capital of the new nation of South Sudan and is one of the fastest growing cities in the world.
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Polar Mesospheric Clouds, Northern Hemisphere
Published June 25, 2012
“Night-shining” clouds form at high altitudes in late spring and early summer.
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Alaid Volcano, Kuril Islands, Russian Federation
Published June 18, 2012
The highest volcano in the chain has a nearly perfect cone shape.
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Sor Kaydak, Caspian Sea, Kazakhstan
Published June 11, 2012
Salt and algae color the landscape and water around this marsh that lies below global sea level.
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Viewing the Transit of Venus from Space
Published June 7, 2012
For the first time in history, and the last time for a century, astronauts captured images of the planetary transit as viewed from orbit.
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Linear Dunes, Great Sand Sea, Egypt
Published June 4, 2012
Winds shape the sands that were left behind by an ancient river.
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Sunglint and Clouds off Western South America
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Published May 28, 2012
The setting sun highlights cloud patterns—as well as the Pacific Ocean surface itself—in this photograph taken by an astronaut on the International Space Station.
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Lake Powell and The Rincon, Utah
Published May 21, 2012
Man and nature have both altered the course of a southwestern U.S. river.
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