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Lake Skadar, Montenegro and Albania
Published May 31, 2020
The largest lake on the Balkan Peninsula is colored by sediments eroded from the surrounding highlands.
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Budapest at Night
Published May 24, 2020
Divided by the Danube River, the city is actually a unification of three different older communities.
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Popcorn Clouds over Rio de Janeiro
Published May 17, 2020
Clouds formed over rural areas and the cities but are noticeably absent above Guanabara Bay and the ocean due to the mechanisms of cloud formation.
Patagonian Dust Streamers
Published May 10, 2020
Dust storms are common in the region, and sometimes bear resemblance to weather events on Mars.
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Great Lakes Without Winter Ice
Published April 24, 2020
From late February to early March in most years, the winter cold freezes much of the surface area of the lakes. But not so much in 2020.
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Rolling Through the Appalachians
Published April 12, 2020
The Susquehanna River cuts through the folds of the Valley-and-Ridge province of the mountain chain.
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Ni’ihau
Published April 5, 2020
Despite sporadic rainfall, the island is the occasional home of two of the larger bodies of water in Hawaii.
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Sunlit Peaks in the Himalayas
Published March 29, 2020
Earth’s third-highest summit, Kangchenjunga, rises more than 8500 meters above sea level along the border of Nepal and India.
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Jebel Marra, Sudan
Published March 15, 2020
The almost circular massif in the Darfur region is a large cluster of volcanoes and lava flows, with a few traces of human activity.
Shelter Cove
Published March 8, 2020
The remote hamlet sits along California’s rugged “Lost Coast.”
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Rocas Atoll
Published February 29, 2020
The only atoll in the South Atlantic Ocean is part of Brazil’s Fernando de Noronha archipelago.
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Reservoirs, Bends, and Canyons on the Colorado Plateau
Published February 23, 2020
Ancient geologic features and modern creations share the spotlight in this photo of southeastern Utah and northern Arizona taken from the ISS.
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