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Grand Coulee Dam
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Published January 25, 2009
This natural-color image shows Grand Coulee Dam on the Columbia River in Washington, as well as the large area of cropland irrigated by the reservoir upstream.
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Mt. Marra, Sudan
Published January 20, 2009
In western Sudan, lies a network of volcanic mountains and fertile valleys where just enough rain falls to sustain agriculture. This mountainous region contains a volcanic field known as Jebel Marra.
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Porcupine Gorge, Queensland, Australia
Published January 18, 2009
Porcupine Gorge and other sandstone canyons carving through a basalt plateau create dramatic topography in central Queensland.
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Mount Mabu, Mozambique
Published January 11, 2009
In 2005, researchers at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew stumbled upon secret: a little-known forest in northern Mozambique.
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Yellow River Delta, China
Published January 4, 2009
China’s Yellow River, or Huang He, travels through soft plateaus of silt, picking up a massive sediment load on its journey. The sediment carried by the river has reshaped China’s coast, adding several hundred square kilometers of land.
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Tagula Island, Louisiade Archipelago
Published January 2, 2009
Scattered like turquoise and emeralds across the dark blue waters of the Coral and Solomon Seas, the coral reefs and forested islands of the Louisiade Archipelago stretch southeastward from the tip of Papua New Guinea for over 350 kilometers.
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