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Floods in the U.S. Midwest
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Published June 24, 2008
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Lava Heats Up Chaiten Caldera
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Published June 6, 2008
After its initial eruption on May 2, 2008, Chile’s Chaitén Volcano remained active in the days and weeks that followed, releasing a near-constant plume and blanketing the region in ash. This false-color image uses thermal radiation to make an image of the volcano and its surroundings. The hottest area in this picture is at the lava dome in the volcano’s caldera. The purple-black plume blowing northeast from the summit is much colder.
Earthquake Near Chengdu, China
Published May 29, 2008
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Sichuan Landslides
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These images show changes in the landscape before and after an earthquake struck on May 12, 2008.
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Kondyor Massif, Russian Far East
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Published May 25, 2008
In eastern Siberia, a perfect circle of rock contrasts with the surrounding topography. The 6-kilometer- (3.7-mile-) wide ring looks like an impact crater, or the caldera of an extinct volcano, but it is neither. Kondyor Massif was formed by the intrusion of igneous, or volcanic, rock that pushed up through overlying layers of sedimentary rock, some of them laid down more than a billion years ago.
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Sichuan Province’s Rugged Terrain
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Published May 20, 2008
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El Gezira, Sudan
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Published May 15, 2008
South of Khartoum, where the White and Blue Nile Rivers join, a dizzying arrangement of irrigated fields stretches out across the land.
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