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Fire in the Sky and on the Ground
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Published September 27, 2011
Astronauts on the International Space Station captured these views of the aurora australis and wildfires in Australia.
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Hurricane Katia off the Northeastern US Coastline
Published September 26, 2011
Viewed from the space station, Hurricane Katia presented an impressive cloud circulation as its center passed the northeastern coast of the United States on September 9, 2011.
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Sand Dunes, Junggar Basin, Northwestern China
Published September 19, 2011
This photograph taken by an astronaut on the International Space Station highlights a sand dune field within the Burqin-Haba River-Jimunai Desert near the borders of China, Mongolia, Russia, and Kazakhstan.
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Melt Ponds, Petermann Ice Island
Published September 17, 2011
Petermann Ice Island A still behaves like the massive ice sheet it left 14 months ago.
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Owens Lake, California
Published September 12, 2011
California’s Owens Lake was once part of a much larger lake and river system during the Pleistocene Epoch (about 3 million to 12,000 years ago).
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Wildfire Smoke Plumes over Texas
Published September 8, 2011
This panoramic view of east-central Texas highlights numerous smoke plumes caused by wildfires burning across the state.
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India-Pakistan Borderlands at Night
Published September 5, 2011
Clusters of yellow lights on the Indo-Gangetic Plain reveal numerous cities large and small, as well as a border fence.
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Northwestern Europe at Night
Published August 29, 2011
Several of the oldest cities of northwestern Europe are highlighted in this nighttime astronaut photograph from August 10, 2011.
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Kaliningrad, Baltic Sea, Russia
Published August 22, 2011
This ISS photograph captures two great lagoons to the north and south of Kaliningrad, Russia: Vistula Lagoon and Kurshsky Bay.
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