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Wave clouds over the Arabian Sea
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Published May 8, 2007
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Subtropical Storm Andrea off southeastern United States
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Nyiragongo Vents Steam
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When the African volcano Nyiragongo erupted unusually fluid lava in January 2002, nearly 500,000 Congo citizens were displaced, and dozens were killed. The lava did not erupt from the central crater, but instead ran from fissures along the southern slopes, just north of the city of Goma.
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November 2006 Smog Event, U.S. Northeast
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Published May 7, 2007
Images of haze over the northeastern United States are shown for November 2006.
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Reykjavik, Iceland
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Published May 6, 2007
The world’s northernmost capital city, Reykjavik, Iceland, resides on geologically young land. The island’s location on the mid-Atlantic ridge where the American and Eurasian continental plates are pulling apart means that it experiences frequent volcanic eruptions and earthquakes, but the same geothermal activity meets the inhabitants&rsquoe; energy needs by providing them with hot-water-powered home heating.
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Sweat Farm Road Fire in Georgia
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Published May 5, 2007
Dense plumes of blue-white smoke billowed from the Sweat Farm Road Fire in southern Georgia on April 19, 2007, when the Landsat 5 satellite captured this detailed image. The fire started on April 16, when a tree fell on a power line and, fanned by strong winds, quickly exploded into a major fire.
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