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Contrasting Landscape in Namibia
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Published June 24, 2020
The town of Mariental sits at the convergence of the Kalahari Desert and the Central Plateau.
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Heat and Fire Scorches Siberia
Published June 23, 2020
Fires are raging in eastern Siberia in the midst of an unusually long-lived heat wave.
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An Astronaut’s View of an Annular Eclipse
An astronaut aboard the International Space Station shot a photograph of the Moon’s shadow crossing the Earth on June 21, 2020.
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Volcanic Emissions Can Change Clouds
Published June 19, 2020
The volcanoes of the remote South Sandwich Islands make an ideal natural laboratory for studying how airborne particles alter clouds.
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Dust Traverses the Atlantic Ocean
A tremendous plume of dust from North Africa drifts toward the Caribbean and contiguous United States.
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Mogadishu, Somalia
An array of sandy colors paint the landscape around the capital and port city.
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Lonar Lake Tries On a Rosy Color
Published June 18, 2020
The lake in west-central India promptly changed from green to pink, and the reason why remains a mystery.
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Southeastern Australia Turns Green
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After two years of severe drought, abundant rain finally fell over the Australian state and turned the landscape green.
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Bush Fire Scorches Lands Near Phoenix
Published June 16, 2020
The blaze is the largest in Arizona this year and the largest in the United States right now.
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Mediterranean Sunglint
Published June 11, 2020
The play of sunlight on water gives definition to the jagged coastlines of Sardinia and Corsica.
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Norwegian Fjord Turns Turquoise
Published June 10, 2020
In May 2020, a vivid phytoplankton bloom colored the surface waters of the country’s second-longest fjord.
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The Blooming Blues
After studying 71 lakes in 33 countries, researchers found that phytoplankton and algae blooms are generally increasing around the world.
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Green Lagoons No More
With so much of its water diverted, the Colorado River Delta has dried out and lost much of its vegetation and wildlife.
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Cloud Changes in Busy Ship Corridors
Published June 8, 2020
Ship emissions in the southeast Atlantic help create more reflective clouds that produce a local cooling effect.
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Tropical Depression Cristobal
The tropical cyclone continued to weaken as it moved inland, but still threatened parts of the United States with heavy rain.
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Frozen Finland Thaws
Published June 5, 2020
After a harsh winter in northern Finland, warm temperatures rapidly melted snow to cause significant flooding.
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