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Painting Pennsylvania Hills
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Published November 28, 2020
The region of rolling hills and valleys is part of a geologic formation known as the Ridge and Valley Province that stretches from New York to Alabama.
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A Sliver of Mexico’s “Mother Mountain Range”
Published November 27, 2020
The Sierra Madre Oriental is part of a chain that stretches across three continents.
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The Braided Brahmaputra
Published November 29, 2020
The river’s high sediment load contributes to the abrupt change in its shape as it exits the Himalayas and hits flatter land.
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Dust Over Seas
Published November 26, 2020
A plume of mineral-rich dust filled the skies over Cyprus and the Mediterranean on a summer’s day.
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Gati Makes Historic Landfall in Somalia
Published November 25, 2020
Cyclone Gati became the strongest storm to hit the country on record, bringing more than a year’s worth of rain in two days.
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Sea Level Watcher Takes Flight
Published November 24, 2020
Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich will extend a nearly 30-year continuous dataset on sea surface height.
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African Dust Plume Blankets the Caribbean
Published November 22, 2020
A towering thunder cloud stands at the intersection of moist tropical air and dry, dusty plumes.
Lituya Bay’s Apocalyptic Wave
Published November 23, 2020
One of the tallest tsunami waves known to science slammed this Alaskan bay in 1958.
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Tremendous Tides in Broad Sound
Published November 21, 2020
Tidal swings here are greater than at any other place on the east coast of Australia.
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Flooding in Northern Luzon
Published November 19, 2020
In the wake of three typhoons within a month, the Philippines provinces of Cagayan and Isabela have seen some of their worst flooding in decades.
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Mapping Landslide Hazards in Central America
Published November 18, 2020
After severe hurricanes dropped torrential rain on Guatemala, Nicaragua, and other countries, NASA researchers worked to map potential landslide hazards.
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A Busy Season for Crop Fires in Northwestern India
Published November 17, 2020
Burning leftover straw after the rice harvest has once again blanketed the region with smoke.
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Dangerous Hurricane Iota Sets Late-Season Records
Published November 16, 2020
Before 2020, only four category 4 or 5 hurricanes had ever made landfall in Nicaragua. Now two are going to land in just two weeks.
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Shedding Light on Greenland
Published November 15, 2020
Nature’s beauty overtook science for an evening.
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Iceberg A-68A Nears South Georgia
Scientists watch as A-68A, currently the planet’s largest iceberg, approaches a remote island in the southern Atlantic Ocean.
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Capturing Wind on Maui
Published November 14, 2020
Kaheawa Wind Power facilities provide 10 to 15 percent of this Hawaiian island’s electric power.
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