Start Date: End Date: Published Date Data Date
Crop Circles in the Desert
720 x 480 JPEG
Published May 12, 2012
Over the course of 25 years, farms have sprouted in the Arabian Desert, fueled by deep and old groundwater.
Related images:
720 x 360 JPEG
5461 x 4096 9 MB - JPEG
5461 x 4096 7 MB - JPEG
5461 x 4096 8 MB - JPEG
257 KB - KML/KMZ
JPEG
The Hottest Spot on Earth
720 x 720 JPEG
Published April 12, 2012
For five out of seven years studied, the Lut Desert in Iran sweltered like no other place on the planet.
7456 x 6899 10 MB - JPEG
7505 x 6902 8 MB - JPEG
95 KB - KML/KMZ
The Dead Sea
2002 x 3520 3 MB - JPEG
Published April 6, 2012
The lake between Israel and Jordan provides a bounty of salt and of history.
2002 x 3520 2 MB - JPEG
Turpan Basin, China
Published April 5, 2012
The dark surface of the Shanshan dune field absorbs sunlight more strongly than the adjacent Flaming Mountain, making it much hotter.
4073 x 2681 3 MB - JPEG
4073 x 2681 2 MB - JPEG
El Vizcaíno Biosphere Reserve, Mexico
Published March 25, 2012
Shrubs, dunes, mangroves, and salt mines mingle in this picture of a wildlife reserve midway down the Baja California Peninsula.
4800 x 4800 4 MB - JPEG
44 MB - GeoTIFF
Volcanic Activity in the Red Sea
Published February 29, 2012
Volcanic activity in the Zubair Island group appears to have ceased.
Isle of Man
Published January 29, 2012
This small island has a complicated geologic history.
1999 x 1999 1 MB - JPEG
6 MB - GeoTIFF