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Lake Nasser and the New Valley
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Published January 2, 2006
Heavy rains in the source regions of the Nile in the 1990s resulted in record water levels in Lake Nasser. In 1997, Lake Nasser began flooding westward down a spillway into the Toshka depression in southern Egypt, creating four new lakes over the next few years.
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The Northern Territory of Australia
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Published January 1, 2006
The Northern Territory of Australia dominates the center of this image acquired on November 26, 2005. The capital, Darwin, is located at the top of the image and is connected to Alice Springs, one of the territory’s few population centers, by the Stuart Highway, running North-South almost at the center of the image. Perhaps the most recognizable feature...
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West Siberian Plain
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NDVI
Published December 31, 2005
A series of images shows the extent of vegetation in the Southwestern U.S. The first image, when you first open the page, is a true color composite—exactly how the landscape looks to the human eye. If you place your mouse over the image, it will “rollover” to a new image...
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Fires in the Southern U.S.A.
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Heavy Rains in Pacific Northwest
Published December 30, 2005
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The Black Sea
Partially obscured by clouds, the Black Sea dominates the upper left quadrant of this image acquired on December 6, 2005. The sea takes its name from the ancient Greeks, who took note of its relative lack of clarity; visibility is limited to about 5 meters (15 feet) on average. The Black Sea receives a steady influx...
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Wave Clouds Near Amsterdam Island
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The island itself is almost too small see in this image, but it serves as the starting point for the clouds that flow toward the northeast in a giant V shape. Amsterdam Island is a volcanic summit, the northernmost volcano on the Antarctic tectonic plate.
Smog in Northern Italy
Published December 29, 2005
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Smog and Fog in India
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Tarawa and Maiana Atolls
he Republic of Kiribati is an island nation consisting of some 33 atolls near the equator in the central Pacific. Before Europeans found the islands, they had been inhabited for two millennia by indigenous Micronesians. In 1820, the British named the islands the Gilbert Islands, after Captain Thomas Gilbert, who discovered some of the atolls in 1788. The islands eventually gained their independence in the 1970s.
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