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Himalayan Topography
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Published July 3, 2009
The towering peaks of the Himalaya Mountains provide an illustration of a new satellite-derived topographic model.
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7.3-Magnitude Quake off the Honduras Coast
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Published May 30, 2009
This image shows the topography and bathymetry of the region surrounding the earthquakes that occurred on May 28-29, 2009. Red circles indicate quake locations, and fine black lines indicate fault lines.
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Hawaiian Vog Photographed from Space Shuttle
Published May 22, 2009
This image, taken by the crew of Space Shuttle Atlantis shows volcanic plumes from Kilauea rising up from three locations: Halema‘uma‘u Crater, Pu‘u ‘O‘o Crater, and from along the coastline where lava flows from the East Rift zone were entering the ocean.
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Earthquake in Central Italy
Published April 7, 2009
This image of central Italy shows the rugged topography in the vicinity of L’Aquila, where a magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck on April 6, 2009.
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Earthquake Near Chengdu, China
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Published May 20, 2008
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Published May 14, 2008
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International Space Station from the Space Shuttle
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Published September 24, 2007
An astronaut shot this photograph while looking back across the length of Endeavour.
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Polar Mesospheric Clouds
Published August 13, 2007
In June 2007, the Space Shuttle crew visiting the International Space Station (ISS) observed spectacular polar mesospheric clouds over north-central Asia. TThe red-to-dark region at the bottom of the image is the dense part of the Earth’s atmosphere.
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Madre de Dios Watershed
Published February 10, 2007
In 2004, a small group of freshwater conservation biologists at World Wildlife Fund who were studying the Madre de Dios River in the southwestern Amazon found a creative way to locate rivers. The team used high-resolution topographic maps based on radar data collected by the Space Shuttle Endeavour in 2000 to map how water would flow across the landscape. This image shows the result of their efforts, including elevation, river channels, and watershed boundaries.
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