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Etosha Pan, Namibia
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Published May 14, 2012
The salt-covered, dry lakebed is at the center of Namibia’s largest wildlife park and a major tourist attraction.
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Ouarkziz Impact Crater, Algeria
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Published May 7, 2012
The crater was formed by a meteor impact less than 70 million years ago, during the “Age of Dinosaurs.”
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White Sands Dust Storm
Published April 30, 2012
Astronauts on the International Space Station observed an intense winter dust storm in White Sands National Monument, New Mexico.
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Wave Clouds Near Île aux Cochons, Southern Indian Ocean
Published April 23, 2012
Chevron-shaped clouds form downwind of the isolated volcanic island.
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Shanghai At Night: A Growing City
Published April 16, 2012
The bright lights of Shanghai’s city center and the distinctive new skyscrapers that form the skyline along the Pudong district make for spectacular night viewing from space.
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Ice Floes Along the Kamchatka Coastline
Published April 9, 2012
The irregular coastline of Kamchatka provokes large, circular eddies to spin off from the main southwestward-flowing Kamchatka current. Three such eddies are highlighted by surface ice floe patterns.
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East African Rift Valley, Kenya
Published April 2, 2012
It is one of the great tectonic features of Africa—caused by fracturing of the Earth’s crust—and includes the classical geologic structures associated with a rift valley.
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Pagan Island, Northern Marianas
Published March 26, 2012
The island sits along the tectonic boundary where the old, cold Pacific plate is being subducted at the Marianas trench.
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Paraná River Floodplain, Brazil
Published March 19, 2012
Merging rivers paint the landscape with muddy sediment.
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City Lights of Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Published March 9, 2012
The city is a favorite subject for astronaut photography.
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Agricultural Fields, Wadi As-Sirhan Basin, Saudi Arabia
Published March 5, 2012
This photograph from the International Space Station presents an almost surreal view of abundant green fields in the midst of a barren desert.
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